pressure suit

American  

noun

Aerospace.

1. pressurized suit.

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pressure suit British  

noun

1. an inflatable suit worn by a person flying at high altitudes or in space, to provide protection from low pressure

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Etymology

Origin of pressure suit

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

It is piloted by a single human who must wear a full pressure suit, like an astronaut.

From Scientific American • Sep. 20, 2023

Mr Aldrin spent the majority of the six-day journey in space wearing the inflight jacket, changing out of it only mid-way through to swap into a pressure suit for stepping onto the lunar surface itself.

From BBC • Jul. 26, 2022

The mannequin is outfitted in the same blue pressure suit that future Starliner passengers will wear and includes a suite of sensors that will collect data about the flight.

From The Verge • May 19, 2022

To make this possible, he wears a one-of-a kind pressure suit designed to buffer temperatures as low as 70 degrees below zero and wind speeds more than 700 miles per hour.

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2014

I hooked one end of the fifty-foot umbilical line to the Gemini’s oxygen supply and the other end to a chestpack, which in turn was hooked by two hoses to my pressure suit.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins