de-icer
(diːˈaɪsə(r))
[f. prec. + -er1.]
A mechanical or other device to remove or prevent ice-formation, esp. on aircraft and on motor-car windscreens.
| 1932 Product Engineering Sept. 357/2 The installation is similar to that of the ‘de-icer’ without inflation tubes or compressed air equipment. 1934 Shell Aviation News No. 37. 20/2 Instal rubber de-icers on the propeller and pneumatic de-icers on the wings. 1941 [see anticer]. 1958 Times Rev. Industry Aug. 30/1 Electroforms of..nickel are..fitted on..aircraft propeller blades to guard the delicate de-icer elements against rupture. |