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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
outerwear
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ For example, its outerwear sector has brought tremendous success in sports and leisurewear sales, said Coleman.
▪ It will sell outerwear, luggage and accessories.
▪ The flocking operation is critical to the making of Polartec and Polarfleece, the mills' trademark fleece used in outerwear.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
outerwear

outerwear \outerwear\ n. clothing for use outdoors.

Syn: overclothes.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
outerwear

1921, from outer + wear (n.).

Wiktionary
outerwear

n. 1 clothing (such as a dress) worn over one's underwear 2 clothing (such as a rain jacket) worn over one's clothes, to protect them (e.g. against rain) when outside

WordNet
outerwear

n. clothing for use outdoors [syn: overclothes]

Wikipedia
Outerwear

Outerwear is clothing worn outdoors. OR: "clothing designed to be worn outside other garments" (Shorter Oxford English Dictionary), as opposed to underwear.

Usage examples of "outerwear".

DeSilvo moved immediately to the coatrack and started putting on the outerwear.

When DeeAnn helped Cristy remove her outerwear, Lauren saw the child was wearing a deep red velveteen dress with a lacy petticoat, white lace tights and black patent-leather shoes.

A servant was just assisting the removal of his elegant blue suede long coat while a second man was also shrugging, unas sisted, out of his own outerwear.

Over it, she wore the recommended outerwear for Diplo's severe winter, light and warm on a one-G world, but (she grumbled to herself) heavy and bulky here.

Holographic ads for everything from Slug-O-Cola to the latest in outerwear to the finest tooth sharpeners were festooned about the floorspace.