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Airey, n.|ˈɛərɪ|
[The name of Sir Edwin Airey (1878–1955), of William Airey & Son Ltd., a Leeds engineering company.]
Used attrib. (esp. in Airey house) with reference to a system of constructing houses from precast concrete sections, which was devised by Airey in the 1920s.
1945Builder 14 Dec. 478/3 The ‘Airey’ system of house construction comprises essentially precast concrete external wall-posts clad with precast vibrated concrete slabs tied back to the posts and lined with plasterboard or similar wallboard. 1947Times 18 Aug. 2/5 By the end of June only 3,600 of the 20,000 Airey houses were in approved contracts. 1973M. Foot Aneurin Bevan II. ii. 81 Bevan..in the Spring of 1946 settled on two types—the British Steel House and the Airey House, a construction of precast concrete. 1982Daily Tel. 8 Sept. 2/6 Council tenants who have bought their ‘Airey’ homes, which have been found to contain structural defects, will be compensated by the Government. |