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

Minutes later, Campbell is spotted wearing a boiler suit going out the same door.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

“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

Forget ripped jeans and crop tops, the new 2017 fashion is lead-lined trousers and a saucy little boiler suit, complete with gas mask.

From The Guardian • Aug. 10, 2017

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

From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2016

The chief lent me a boiler suit, for which I was insufficient, and added an old macintosh presently.

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