Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word air-hose.
Examples
-
As he had done during countless drills, he quickly donned an EAB mask and snapped the quick-disconnect fitting of his air-hose pigtail into the torpedo-room manifold.
Pressure Point Dick Couch 1992
-
As he had done during countless drills, he quickly donned an EAB mask and snapped the quick-disconnect fitting of his air-hose pigtail into the torpedo-room manifold.
Pressure Point Dick Couch 1992
-
Quinn had cut his own air-hose, had slashed it cleanly in two.
When Eight Bells Toll MacLean, Alistair, 1922-1987 1966
-
A non-collapsible air-hose can, and often has to, stand up to some pretty savage treatment, but it can't stand up to the wickedly slicing power of a razor-sharp knife in the hands of the strongest man I'd ever known.
When Eight Bells Toll MacLean, Alistair, 1922-1987 1966
-
I thrust off backwards from the strongroom's outer wall with my left foot, saw the air-hose come looping down towards me as Quinn came through the jagged hole, caught it and jerked down with all my strength to pull him off-balance.
When Eight Bells Toll MacLean, Alistair, 1922-1987 1966
-
I must confess that I never thought the means would consist of the blade of a sharp knife against an air-hose.
When Eight Bells Toll MacLean, Alistair, 1922-1987 1966
-
To add immeasurably to the intricacy of this undertaking, there was the need of carrying his life-line and air-hose through all that entanglement and obscurity.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 Various
-
It took a couple of seconds for the shift-boss to break out and hook up his emergency battery-lamp; and three or four more seconds, and by dint of fists, feet, and a two-foot length of air-hose, to restore any degree of order.
First Lensman Smith, E. E. 1950
-
She noticed the sign on the air-hose of the garage -- "Free Air."
Free Air Sinclair Lewis 1918
-
All of which is done by the power of compressed air, working through a series of pipes and air-hose beneath the cars.
American Men of Mind Burton Egbert Stevenson 1917
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.