deicing boot

== English == === Alternative forms === deice boot deicer boot de-icing boot deicing-boot (attributive use) === Noun === deicing boot (plural deicing boots) (aviation) An inflatable rubber membrane attached to aircraft surfaces to permit mechanical deicing in flight. 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. 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. ==== Translations ====