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ski 
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 also: winter ski
- 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.
- 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.