air cylinder

noun
a cylinder containing air, especially one equipped with a piston and used as a device for checking the recoil of a gun.
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air cylinder
 
n
a cylinder containing air, esp one fitted with a piston and used for damping purposes

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Example sentences
After resting a few minutes and getting another air cylinder, she successfully
  completed the evolution.
When the cars were connected to the locomotive, an air cylinder activated the
  brakes.
Compressed air guns are allowed in checked baggage with the compressed air
  cylinder removed.
His head was crushed between an air cylinder and the frame hogger opening, and
  was fatally crushed.
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