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pilot coat

noun

Etymology

So called because it was worn by seamen or aviators.

Definitions

  1. A pea coat or pilot jacket.

    • As he sat there with a sou'wester down over his ears, in a long pilot coat, his figure appeared in the misty morning air to assume quite supernatural proportions, and you might almost imagine that you had one of the old Vikings before you.

  2. A type of thick coat, typically leather with fur or wool lining, used by aviators in…

    A type of thick coat, typically leather with fur or wool lining, used by aviators in aircraft without an enclosed cockpit or having an uninsulated cabin.

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