pilot cloth

British  

noun

1. a type of thick blue cloth used esp to make sailor's coats

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pilot cloth

A skirtless loose rough coat, made of Flushing or pilot cloth.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

Was it not the sea-gear of men?—leather jackets lined with corduroy, blue coats of pilot cloth, sou'westers, sea-boots, oilskins.

From John Barleycorn by London, Jack

In the stern sheets sat a tall, upright figure, the tiller ropes in either hand, dressed in a monkey jacket, pilot cloth trousers, and a sailor’s cap.

From The Ruined Cities of Zululand by Walmsley, Hugh Mulleneux

Here are three guineas; get yourself a suit of pilot cloth at some outfitter's at the East End.

From The Treasure of the Incas by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

He put on a coat of pilot cloth, unhooked the barometer, and stowed it away in a capacious pocket.

From South Sea Tales by London, Jack