sunsuit

American  

[suhn-soot] / ˈsʌnˌsut /

noun

1. any of various brief garments or outfits worn by women and children for leisure or play in warm weather, as shorts and a halter.

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sunsuit British  

/ -ˌsjuːt, ˈsʌnˌsuːt /

noun

1. a child's outfit consisting of a brief top and shorts or a short skirt

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Etymology

Origin of sunsuit

First recorded in 1925–30; sun + suit

Example Sentences

He wore long woolen underwear, an outlandish, oversize, red flowered sunsuit and, over it all, two tattered girl's dresses.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the branches of nearby trees were towels and shirts, a child's sunsuit, some underwear�all hanging lifelessly amid the grey, acrid smoke that curled up from the crater for hours afterward.

From Time Magazine Archive

I plopped myself down in my polka-dotted sunsuit and picked off the fattest ants to eat.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

She wore a light maroon cape over her sunsuit against the mild chill of evening, and could not possibly have looked less like a damsel in distress.

From Clean Break by Aycock, Roger D.

Telzey snapped the tiny library shut, fastened it to the belt of her sunsuit and went over to the open window.

From Novice by Schmitz, James H.