outer garments
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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They wore brightly colored outer garments called surcoats over their armor.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2023
If police officers believe the detainee is armed, an officer can conduct a frisk by passing his hands over the person’s outer garments.
From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2019
We have all become accustomed to the security screening routine in all American airports: take off your jackets, sweaters and any outer garments.
From Forbes • Feb. 22, 2012
Likewise the reduction of the cotton crop by 10 million acres removed all chance that the New Deal would this year be able to supply every U. S. citizen with two outer garments.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mitraillette’s pullover does fit, and I have a many-times patched over wool jacket that once belonged to her brother, but the combination of these warm outer garments and the dowdy frock looks dead weird.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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