1852 C. King 33 Stevens built a steamboat at Bordentown for the sole purpose of experimenting on the forms and curves of propeller blades.
1909 27 Sept. 8/2 Breakage of the propeller blade is a serious danger in every form of aerial vessel.
2003 D. Elliott ii. vii. 134 The energy collected from a wind turbine is proportional to the area in the circle swept by the propeller blade.