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air-line

   [air-lahyn]
adjective
straight; direct; traveling a direct route: Some railroads advertise air-line routes between stations.
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Origin:
1805–15, Americanism

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air·line

   [air-lahyn]
noun
1.
Aeronautics.
a.
a system furnishing air transport, usually scheduled, between specified points.
b.
the airplanes, airports, etc., of such a system.
c.
Often, airlines. a company that owns or operates such a system.
2.
a direct line; beeline.
3.
an airhose used to pipe air to a deep-sea diver, pneumatic drill, etc.
adjective
4.
of or on an airline.
Origin:
1910–15; air1 + line1
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airline (ˈɛəˌlaɪn)
 
—n
1.  a.  a system or organization that provides scheduled flights for passengers or cargo
 b.  (as modifier): an airline pilot
2.  a hose or tube carrying air under pressure
3.  chiefly (US) a beeline

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airline
1813, "beeline, straight line from place to place" (as through the air, rather than over land; in later 19c., esp. in ref. to railways that ran direct from city to city in the U.S., instead of meandering from town to town in search of stock subscriptions as early railways typically did), from
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air (1) + line. Meaning "public aircraft transportation company" is from 1914.
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