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• a variation of wetsuit.

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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wet suit

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 ● Jan. 14, 2026

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

From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2024

The $2 billion wet suit market is the antithesis of fast fashion, the cheap disposable clothes largely responsible for the apparel industry’s growing carbon footprint.

From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2024

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 ● Feb. 2, 2024

To my eyes it looked only like a wet suit, laced crudely up the front.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt