airsuit

English

Etymology

From air +‎ suit.

Noun

airsuit (plural airsuits)

1. (science fiction) A space suit.
   • 1951, Martin Greenberg (editor), Travelers of Space, Volume 7, page 122:

     ... 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, page 130:

     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, page 37:

     Spacemen call it an “airsuit liner” because it is made to fit under an airsuit and is padded and reinforced at the friction points.