shell suit

noun

A lightweight tracksuit consisting of a zip-front jacket and matching elasticated trousers, each having an outer nylon shell, often bearing panels and flashes of different colours, and inner cotton lining; popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s both as sportswear and as general leisurewear.

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Meanings

nounshell suit (plural shell suits)

plural shell suits

  1. UKA lightweight tracksuit consisting of a zip-front jacket and matching elasticated trousers, each having an outer nylon shell, often bearing panels and flashes of different colours, and inner cotton lining; popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s both as sportswear and as general leisurewear.

Origin

From shell + suit, from the outer nylon shell of each part.

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Translations

Finnish tuulipuku
  • tuulipukulightweight tracksuit
Polish ortalion
  • ortalionlightweight tracksuit
Welsh plisgwisg
  • plisgwisglightweight tracksuit
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APA

shell suit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shell%20suit

MLA

“shell suit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shell%20suit. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shell suit,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shell%20suit.

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