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drome|drəʊm|
†1. Colloq. abbrev. of aerodrome 1. Obs.
1908Bull. Aerial Exper. Assoc. Beinn Breagh (Nova Scotia) 30 Nov. [Contents page], Description of Drome No. 4, McCurdy's Silver Dart. 1909Times 29 Mar. 8/5 The nation which possesses the best dromes will obtain..supremacy in the air.
2. (Also 'drome.) Colloq. abbrev. of aerodrome 2 b.
1913in Webster Add. 1915H. Rosher In R.N.A.S. (1916) xi. 41, I crashed into the atmosphere first thing this morning and flipped around for 55 minutes. By then I was as cold as―, so pitched in the 'drome. 1917Chambers's Jrnl. Oct. 695/2 At the end of the drome she [sc. an aircraft] turns into the wind. 1930Flight 27 June 714/1 Meanwhile a number of aircraft had arrived at the 'drome, some having flown from various part[s] of the country the previous day. 1940[see beat-up n. and a.]. 1942‘B. J. Ellan’ Spitfire p. ix, The aerodrome..is occasionally referred to as the drome. |