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deicing boot

deicing boot noun: an inflatable rubber membrane attached to aircraft surfaces to permit mechanical deicing in flight.

deicing boot: an inflatable rubber membrane attached to aircraft surfaces to permit mechanical deicing in flight
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Noun

deicing boot (plural deicing boots)

  1. An inflatable rubber membrane attached to aircraft surfaces to permit mechanical deicing in flight.
    • An aircraft shall not be flown with a damaged deicing boot.1976 December 31, Aviation Unit and Aviation Intermediate Maintenance Manual: Army Models U-21A, RU-21A, and RU21D, Change No. 18, US Army, Aviation Unit and Aviation Intermediate Reference Manual TM...
    • IT'S BEEN MORE than 50 years since B.F. Goodrich installed the first inflatable deicing boots on an airplane (a Northrop mail airplane), and they continue to be the simplest, lowest-cost and lightest way to protect most airplanes from ice accumulated while in flight.[…]Other rubber companies have...1985 October, J. Mac Mclellan, “Breaking the Ice: One name still rules”, in Flying, page 10

Forms of deicing boot

pluraldeicing boots
alternative formdeice boot
alternative formdeicer boot
alternative formde-icing boot
alternative formdeicing-boot

Questions about deicing boot

What does deicing boot mean?
Deicing boot means an inflatable rubber membrane attached to aircraft surfaces to permit mechanical deicing in flight.
What part of speech is deicing boot?
Deicing boot is a noun.
What is the plural of deicing boot?
The plural of deicing boot is deicing boots.

Words near deicing boot in the dictionary

  1. Deichtine
  2. deicidal
  3. deicide
  4. deicides
  5. deicing
  6. deicing boot
  7. deicing boots
  8. deicings
  9. deictic
  10. deictic center
  11. deictic centers

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