pumpkin suit

English

Noun

pumpkin suit (plural pumpkin suits)

1. An orange-colored intravehicular activity (IVA) spacesuit.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pumpkin,‎ suit.

   The kids wore pumpkin suits for Hallowe'en.

Usage notes

(IVA pressure suit): While the NASA Shuttle-era IVA spacesuits were orange, the Chinese Shenzhou-era IVA spacesuits are white, as are the Soviet/Russian (white) IVA space suits.

Hypernyms

(IVA pressure suit):

• spacesuit
• pressure suit

Hyponyms

(IVA pressure suit):

• launch entry suit / LES ( Launch Entry Suit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia )
• advanced crew escape suit / ACES ( Advanced Crew Escape Suit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia )

Coordinate terms

(IVA pressure suit):

• survival suit