boat cloak

noun

A large cloak worn at sea, especially a navy blue cloak worn as part of formal naval dress.

First used 18th c.
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Meanings

nounboat cloak (plural boat cloaks)

plural boat cloaks

  1. A large cloak worn at sea, especially a navy blue cloak worn as part of formal naval dress.First known use 18th c.

    Frere observed with some astonishment that the chaplain wrapped himself in a boat cloak that lay in the stern sheets.

    1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life, Penguin, published 2009, page 421
    1 more example

    Captain Waddell threw aside a large boat cloak which he had thrown over his own and my shoulders to protect us both from the spray of the sea and intense heat of the sun, and also took off his gloves.

    1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 90
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