outer garments

plural noun

A "pat-down" search by definition is "a frisk or external feeling of the outer garments of an individual for weapons only."

Jessie, who was taking off her own outer garments to hang before the now roaring fire, only laughed at that.

They knew that they should not touch the outer garments belonging to the older children; but they got their own wraps.

The heat made hairpins seem a burden and outer garments superfluous.

They found under his outer garments a hair shirt, and then they were half convinced he must have been a godly man.

She began to love herself for this thought, and, gathering fresh energy, put on her outer garments.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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