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sailwear

sailwear noun: clothing designed to be worn while sailing.

Noun

sailwear (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Clothing designed to be worn while sailing.
    • I did visit other designers and design studios, including Missoni and the design studios of Montefibre in Italy, Equinoxe sailwear, Damart in France and Ellen Hart, Gilbert Pavell, Ccmet and the Vogue Fabric Forecasting Library in America.1976, The Clothing Institute Journal, volumes 24-25, page 106

Origin of sailwear

From sail + -wear.

Questions about sailwear

What does sailwear mean?
Sailwear means clothing designed to be worn while sailing.
What part of speech is sailwear?
Sailwear is a noun.

Words near sailwear in the dictionary

  1. sails under false colors
  2. sailship
  3. sailships
  4. sailsman
  5. sailsmen
  6. sailwear
  7. sailworthiness
  8. sailworthy
  9. saily
  10. sailyard
  11. sailyards

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