boiler suit

American  

Or boilersuit

noun

Chiefly British.

1. coveralls.

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boiler suit British  

noun

1. a one-piece work garment consisting of overalls and a shirt top usually worn over ordinary clothes to protect them

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Etymology

Origin of boiler suit

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

She was the first monarch since George V to go into a pit, and newsreel pictures at the end of the visit show the boiler suit was still pristine white.

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2022

“When you go in the engine room of a ship, you’re typically gonna put gloves on, you’re gonna put a boiler suit on, you’re gonna do that, because it’s dirty,” he said.

From Reuters • Jun. 28, 2018

McDormand reportedly based her character on John Wayne, and she does stride around this contemporary western battle-ready in a blue boiler suit.

From The Guardian • Feb. 27, 2018

Peter has since retired, though he still wears a boiler suit.

From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2016

I was again dressed up in a borrowed boiler suit for the duties of tallyman.

From The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday by Blunden, Edmund