deicing boot

Noun

 * 1)  An inflatable rubber membrane attached to aircraft surfaces to permit mechanical deicing in flight.
 * 2) * 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 55-1510-209-23-1, Volume 1, WAR-5,
 * An aircraft shall not be flown with a damaged deicing boot.
 * 1) * 2009, K. C. Khurana, Aviation Management: Global Perspectives, Global India Publications, page 51,
 * Deicing boots were invented by the B.F. Goodrich Corporation in 1923 in Akron, Ohio.
 * Deicing boots were invented by the B.F. Goodrich Corporation in 1923 in Akron, Ohio.

Translations

 * Finnish: paisuntakumi