sou'wester
Noun
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Noun
sou'wester (plural sou'westers)
- Alternative form of southwester (the wind; this is the usual spelling for the hat)
- a waterproof hat with a long brim at the back, covering the neck.
- 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1943, Chapter X, p. 165,
- Joe Crowe was perched in the driving-seat, clad in oil-skins and sou'-wester, crouched in the rain, clutching two iron buckets.
- 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1943, Chapter X, p. 165,
- German: Südwester
- Russian: зюйдве́стка
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