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

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

Most of the women involved in the study were likely to swim in both summer and winter and wear swimming costumes, rather than wet suits.

From Science Daily