• Airsuit

    Origin

    From .

    Full definition of airsuit

    Noun

    airsuit

    (plural airsuits)
    1. (science fiction) A space suit.
      • 1951, Martin Greenberg (editor), Travelers of Space, Volume 7, ... and in a paroxysm of fury clawed at the convict's airsuit as though he could rip the fabric apart with his bare hands.
      • 1964, Jack Vance, The Star King, Opening the forward hatch, he winched down the little platform flyer, loaded aboard a spare airsuit and spare tanks of oxygen, and without further ceremony set out for Thumbnail Gulch
      • 2013, Gordon R. Dickson, The Pritcher Mass, He stopped removing his airsuit and pulled it back on again, all but the helmet, which he left lying on the ground.
      • 2023, Lin Carter, Star Rogue, Spacemen call it an “airsuit liner” because it is made to fit under an airsuit and is padded and reinforced at the friction points.
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