pilot cloth

British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

His short sturdy frame was clothed in a slop suit of pilot cloth, and a plain cap with a heavy peak completed the picture.

From The Ruined Cities of Zululand by Walmsley, Hugh Mulleneux

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 Runciman, James

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