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Tractor Screw; Tractor Propeller
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A propeller screw placed in front of the supporting planes of an aëroplane instead of behind them, so that it exerts a pull instead of a push. Hence, Tractor monoplane, Tractor biplane, etc.