"boatwear" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From boat + -wear. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|boat|wear}} boat + -wear Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} boatwear (uncountable)
  1. Clothing to be worn in a boat. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-boatwear-en-noun-OdWdkPQp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -wear

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          "ref": "1961 November 1, Boot and Shoe Recorder, volume 160, number 11, page 76",
          "text": "Boatwear’s growth—Bell said that boatwear and skiwear are so successful today—have “caught on” so well—that the apparel and “extra” items are the reasons one “moves up” to the sport.",
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        {
          "ref": "1966 January, Better Camping, volume 7, number 1, page 66",
          "text": "Stearns Manufacturing Co., Division St. at 30th St., St. Cloud, Minn., offers a line of fashionable buoyant boatwear.",
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          "ref": "1989, Carl Hiaasen, Skin Tight, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons",
          "text": "She was wearing a ridiculous white sailor’s suit from Lord and Taylor’s; she even had the cap. It was not ideal boatwear.",
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        {
          "ref": "1999, Dana Stabenow, So Sure of Death: A Liam Campbell Mystery, Dutton, page 247",
          "text": "There are some very fine examples of woven armor, too, and waterproof boatwear made from seal gut.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Libby Purves, This Cruising Life: A Collection of Amusing Stories from the Popular Yachting Monthly Column, London: Adlard Coles Nautical, pages 59–60",
          "text": "Arriving in a huge, smart marina with tidy showered people mincing along the pontoons in designer boatwear, the kippers start to feel less like a hidden treasure and more like a shameful secret.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Where to Wear 2004: The Insider’s Guide to London Shopping, New York, N.Y., London: Fairchild & Gallagher, page 87",
          "text": "Today the company remains the choice of yahcting champions and the new flagship shop on Carnaby Street is bursting with top technical boatwear and some fun forays into fashion too.",
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          "ref": "1966 January, Better Camping, volume 7, number 1, page 66",
          "text": "Stearns Manufacturing Co., Division St. at 30th St., St. Cloud, Minn., offers a line of fashionable buoyant boatwear.",
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          "ref": "1989, Carl Hiaasen, Skin Tight, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons",
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          "ref": "1999, Dana Stabenow, So Sure of Death: A Liam Campbell Mystery, Dutton, page 247",
          "text": "There are some very fine examples of woven armor, too, and waterproof boatwear made from seal gut.",
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          "ref": "2001, Libby Purves, This Cruising Life: A Collection of Amusing Stories from the Popular Yachting Monthly Column, London: Adlard Coles Nautical, pages 59–60",
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          "ref": "2003, Where to Wear 2004: The Insider’s Guide to London Shopping, New York, N.Y., London: Fairchild & Gallagher, page 87",
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