wet suit

British  

noun

1. a close-fitting rubber suit used by skin divers, yachtsmen, etc, to retain body heat when they are immersed in water or sailing in cold weather

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Example Sentences

But once they got there, Civik was already out, standing on land with a torn wet suit and a broken board.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s also a highly useful mental attitude for surfing in the Pacific Northwest, where the sport calls for wet suits year-round in the frigid waters of Puget Sound and the Pacific Ocean.

From Seattle Times

That wet suit they had me wear — they had me try on about 10 of those things and I was so mad.

From Los Angeles Times

It too will be melted down at the end of its life and reborn into a new, lower-carbon wet suit.

From Seattle Times

The water is not necessarily warm in an absolute sense — you’d still want to wear a wet suit — but it is warmer than average for January.

From New York Times