Air-line
straight; direct; traveling a direct route:
Some railroads advertise air-line routes between stations.
Historical Examples
Vogel’s suspicion of an air-line in the spectrum of Vesta has, accordingly, not been confirmed.
A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke
Tupelo is about forty miles south of Rienzi, on an air-line.
The Iron Furnace John H. Aughey
Leave her in quiet possession of the road, and we take an air-line over her back.
Karl Krinken, His Christmas Stocking Susan Warner
Like his companion, this insect rose and encircled the stump several times, ere it darted away toward its hive, in an air-line.
Oak Openings James Fenimore Cooper
It is seventy miles in an air-line from Stony Crossing to the fort.
Raw Gold Bertrand W. Sinclair
The animal flew in an air-line toward a point of wood distant fully half a mile, and on the margin of the prairie.
Oak Openings James Fenimore Cooper
He holds his reins with a firm hand, and big incidents never swerve from an air-line track.
Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Various
Although he moved swiftly, and nearly by an air-line, his thoughts scarce kept company with his feet.
Oak Openings James Fenimore Cooper
The goats T—— and I now looked at were a mile away in an air-line, and they seemed numberless.
American Big-Game Hunting Various
We left the track in an air-line course for the dark mystery out of which the noise came.
My Attainment of the Pole Frederick A. Cook
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