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

“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

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

From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2016

Squid inky and luxurious, it was rendered as a notch-collar cashmere dinner jacket but also a black-tie boiler suit.

From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2015

Kids, wags and celebs don the caddie's traditional white boiler suit for the traditional Wednesday afternoon laugh-fest over the picturesque par-three course.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2014

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