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n.
one of a pair o runners attached to aircraft for landing on snow and ice, especially common on bush planes in the North.
See: winter ski
Quotations
1936
Here again Winter holds the winning cards, both in point of length of season, and the fact that a plane on skis can carry a heavier load than one on pontocns.
1942
The big two-foot skis, twelve or fourteen feet long, had polished oak runners, golden-colored when they caught the light.
1966
The airplane, equipped with skis in winter and pontoons in summer, has broadened knowledge of northern resources and given immense impetus to their development.