pilot cloth
Britishnoun
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The old man was dressed in his best pilot cloth suit.
From The Grey Lady by Henry Seton Merriman
He felt much more at home in pilot cloth than in cashmere.
From The Slave of the Lamp by Henry Seton Merriman
Two days after the Veteran was strolling along the quay in all the glory of white duck and blue pilot cloth.
From The Romance of the Coast by James Runciman
He was smartly attired in a suit of blue pilot cloth with brass anchor buttons, and there was a band of tarnished gold lace around the peaked cap which he nursed upon his knees.
From Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile by David Christie Murray
He put on a coat of pilot cloth, unhooked the barometer, and stowed it away in a capacious pocket.
From South Sea Tales by Jack London
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