outing flannel

American  

noun

1. a light cotton flannel with a short, dense nap.

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Etymology

Origin of outing flannel

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

Example Sentences

One is a brown and red checked, and the other green with a white fleck in, both outing flannel.

From Letters of a Woman Homesteader by Stewart, Elinore Pruitt

Soak pieces of gray outing flannel of the desired size—15 by 12 in. is a good size—in this compound.

From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.

The garments are now placed on the child—first the band,70 then shirt, diaper, stockings, flannel skirt, and outing flannel gown—and it is put to rest after the administration of one teaspoonful of cooled, boiled water.

From The Mother and Her Child by Sadler, William S.

Very light blankets of wool or outing flannel are useful in summer.

From American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick by Cross, American Red

The bifurcated article of wearing apparel was of outing flannel, roomy where amplitude was most needed, gathered at the waist with a drawstring, confined at the ankle by a deep ruffle—a garment of amazing ugliness.

From The Fighting Shepherdess by Lockhart, Caroline