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Meaning of TRACTOR SCREW

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Tractor screw\ or propeller \propeller\
(Aviation)
A propeller screw placed in front of the supporting planes of
an a["e]roplane instead of behind them, so that it exerts a
pull instead of a push. Hence,
{Tractor monoplane},
{Tractor biplane}, etc.
 
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