de-icing

See also: deicing

English

Verb

de-icing

  1. present participle and gerund of de-ice
    • 1957 August, “New Multiple-Unit Stock for Hastings and Watford Services”, in Railway Magazine, page 536:
      In 15 of the units the driving trailers are equipped with de-icing fluid reservoirs from which the fluid can be fed to the conductor rails through the shoegear.
    • 1963 August, W. Shepherd, “Stockholm's modern underground railway”, in Modern Railways, page 97:
      Sweden is a country where winter is ruthless and special attention had to be given to the heating of the coaches, de-icing measures and the ventilation of the stations and tunnels.

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