anti-icer
(æntɪˈaɪsə(r))
[f. anti-1 6 + ice n. + -er1.]
A device for preventing the formation of ice on an aeroplane. Cf. anticer.
| 1935 Aircraft Engineering Nov. 281/2 Figures 7 and 8 are reproductions..illustrating the action of the anti-icer under ice forming conditions. Ibid., The fin to which an anti-icer is fitted is also free from ice. |