paradrop, n. and v.
(ˈpærədrɒp)
[f. para-3 + drop n. 12 g or drop v.]
A. n. The dropping from aircraft of men or supplies by parachute. B. v. trans. To drop (men or supplies) in this way. Hence paraˈdropping vbl. n.
| 1948 Shell Aviation News No. 118. 9/1 Back at the main supply base of Shell-Mera a radio message is received from this headquarters for a paradrop and feverish activity ensues. 1950 Birmingham (Alabama) News 27 Nov. 28/3 An Iuka man was one of the pilots who para-dropped more than 4,000 men of the 11th Airborne on an arc between the North Korean cities of Sukcon and Sunchow. 1952 Time 31 Mar. 71/2 (Advt.), Here, it paradrops vital supplies ‘up front’. 1961 Flight LXXX. 371/2 The rear ramp allows paradropping. 1971 Morning Star 26 June 1 Liberation troops inspecting a U.S. ammunition paradrop captured in the far north of South Vietnam. |