airshoot noun4 •A channel for providing ventilation.Each transformer has a sheet-iron case, connected to an airshoot which discharges the warm air outside the building. — 1914 •A filiform shoot of a water plant that floats on the surface of the water and contains bract-like organs.At the end of the vegetation period not only the flower-bearing airshoot, but also smaller or greater parts of the purely vegetative stems die away. — 1933 •A root-like structure that runs along the surface of the ground, putting down roots at a distance as a form of propagation.As soon as the airshoots appear they should be hoed, and if the hoeing is continued so as to check the airshoots, the weed may ultimately be destroyed. — 1914 •(rare) A shot at something that is in the air, or a shot in midair.The impressive results: naval gunfire support qualification achieved an 86.3 average, scoring 100 in two surface gunnery shoots , and a 95 grade for an airshoot. — 1984 formsairshoots
