oilskins

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noun

A waterproof garment, made from oilskin, used especially at sea.

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Meanings

nounoilskins pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyA waterproof garment, made from oilskin, used especially at sea.

    The place had the empty and musty feel and smell usual to a dwelling no longer inhabited. Everywhere was a thick litter of discarded and ragged garments, old sea-boots, leaky oilskins -- all the worthless forecastle dunnage of a long voyage.

    1904, Jack London, chapter 32, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC

    Synonyms: oilies

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA waterproof garment, made from oilskin, used especially at sea.

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oilies
Also see
foulies
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APA

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MLA

“oilskins.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oilskins. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oilskins,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oilskins.

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