English

Noun

air-drop ‎(plural air-drops)

1. A delivery of goods or equipment by dropping from an aircraft in flight.
   • After the soldiers had entrenched, the light artillery was delivered by an air-drop.

Verb

air-drop ‎(third-person singular simple present air-drops, present participle air-droping, simple past and past participle air-droped)

1. To deliver goods or equipment by dropping from an aircraft in flight.
   • After the soldiers were entrenched, they would air-drop light artillery nearby.