Wiktionary
alt. A cowl shaped and positioned to draw air into the engine of a moving vehicle or aircraft n. A cowl shaped and positioned to draw air into the engine of a moving vehicle or aircraft
Usage examples of "airscoop".
Carl closes the airscoop brakes and ignites the rear turbojets, veers off to the right, up again and back over the fence onto the correct side of the highway.
Above the cylinder, the giant, stressed steel airscoops hummed and sang in the gale.
A huge twelve-fan appears out of nowhere, and at the very last possible instant Carl closes the airscoop brakes and ignites the rear turbojets, veers off to the right, up again and back over the fence onto the correct side of the highway.
The airscoops brake the car as though a giant hand has grabbed it, and Carl swings the car up and to the left at the same time, over the fence and into oncoming traffic.
Once they had fallen below subsonic velocity, airscoop intake ramps hinged back near the nose, and their compressor engines whirred into silent life.