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Eileen Opiolka
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airshed

Postby Eileen Opiolka » Thu Dec 09, 2021 6:56 am

This word was quite new to me, but I wonder if the "shed" could refer not to shade but to the idea of "parting" or separating. In Scotland the hair parting is still sometimes called a shed, with the verb "to shed". The same idea is in "watershed".
So an airshed might be where two areas of air separate.
Tentative thoughts.

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Re: airshed

Postby Slava » Tue Jan 04, 2022 8:48 am

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