airpack

[ air-pak ]

noun

1. an apparatus consisting of a face mask connected to a portable air supply, as an air tank that can be strapped to one's back, used especially by firefighters and search teams in areas of smoke, poisonous fumes, intense heat, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of airpack¹

air ¹ + pack ¹

Example Sentences

Kovach credited one prison official, who was not identified, with donning an airpack and racing to unlock individual cells as smoke filled the building.

From Reuters