pilot cloth

British  

noun

1. a type of thick blue cloth used esp to make sailor's coats

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Example Sentences

The men who stand in groups in the street and on the wharf are all clad in blue guernseys or duck smocks and trousers of pilot cloth or canvas.

From A Chapter of Adventures by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

The old man was dressed in his best pilot cloth suit. 

From The Grey Lady by Merriman, Henry Seton

Here are three guineas; get yourself a suit of pilot cloth at some outfitter's at the East End.

From The Treasure of the Incas by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

His suit was of pilot cloth, and he wore a guernsey.

From Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story by Springer, Norman

Was it not the sea-gear of men?—leather jackets lined with corduroy, blue coats of pilot cloth, sou'westers, sea-boots, oilskins.

From John Barleycorn by London, Jack