Glossary of terms related to accordion boot material

  • accordion - having folds or pleats like a bellows.
  • boot - any sheathlike protective covering
  • seal - anything that tightly or completely closes or secures a thing.
  • topper - a thing that tops, such as a shell to top a truck bed
  • camper - Also called pickup camper, truck camper. a trucklike vehicle, van, or trailer that is fitted or suitable for recreational
  • camping, or a pickup truck on which a structure fitted for camping is mounted.
  • shell - a hard, protecting or enclosing case or cover.
  • window - an opening in the side of a vehicle for the admission of air or light, or both, commonly fitted with a frame in which are set movable sashes containing panes of glass.
  • pickup - a small truck with a low-sided open body, used for deliveries and light hauling
  • rubber - a material made by chemically treating and toughening this substance, valued for its elasticity, nonconduction of electricity, shock absorption, and resistance to moisture
  • extrusions - to form (metal, plastic, etc.) with a desired cross section by forcing it through a die.
  • gasket - a rubber ring or similar material, for placing around a joint to make it watertight.
  • truck - any of various forms of vehicle for carrying goods
  • caps - To cover, protect, or seal
  • weatherseal - A device such as rubber used to fill a seam to protect from the environment.
  • sleeper cab - A fiberglass shell added to the truck bed and opens up to the truck cab. The shell extends the cab about 3 feet. in width
  • blow through - big hole cut in the cab of the truck. Ususally the hole that is cut is just a rectangle, square or circle cut in the metal. That hole ends up being a port for the box in the truck bed.
  • cutout - Something cut out from something else, as a pattern or figure.