boatwear

English

Etymology

From boat +‎ -wear.

Noun

boatwear (uncountable)

1. Clothing to be worn in a boat.
   • 1961 November 1, Boot and Shoe Recorder, volume 160, number 11, page 76:

     Boatwear’s growth—Bell said that boatwear and skiwear are so successful today—have “caught on” so well—that the apparel and “extra” items are the reasons one “moves up” to the sport.

   • 1966 January, Better Camping, volume 7, number 1, page 66:

     Stearns Manufacturing Co., Division St. at 30th St., St. Cloud, Minn., offers a line of fashionable buoyant boatwear.

   • 1989, Carl Hiaasen, Skin Tight, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →ISBN:

     She was wearing a ridiculous white sailor’s suit from Lord and Taylor’s; she even had the cap. It was not ideal boatwear.

   • 1999, Dana Stabenow, So Sure of Death: A Liam Campbell Mystery, Dutton, →ISBN, page 247:

     There are some very fine examples of woven armor, too, and waterproof boatwear made from seal gut.

   • 2001, Libby Purves, This Cruising Life: A Collection of Amusing Stories from the Popular Yachting Monthly Column, London: Adlard Coles Nautical, →ISBN, pages 59–60:

     Arriving in a huge, smart marina with tidy showered people mincing along the pontoons in designer boatwear, the kippers start to feel less like a hidden treasure and more like a shameful secret.

   • 2003, Where to Wear 2004: The Insider’s Guide to London Shopping, New York, N.Y., London: Fairchild & Gallagher, →ISBN, page 87:

     Today the company remains the choice of yahcting^[sic] champions and the new flagship shop on Carnaby Street is bursting with top technical boatwear and some fun forays into fashion too.