boilersuitとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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名詞

boiler suit (plural boiler suits)

1. A one-piece suit combining trousers and jacket, worn for heavy or hot manual labour.
   • 1994 November 5, Ross Tieman, “Yachtsmen on a long-term voyage to recovery”, in The Times, number 65,104, London, page 25:

     Where Babcock has proprietary technologies, they will be preserved and developed, in so far as they help to give the company an edge over its rivals. But make no mistake, if Parker and Salmon have their way, boiler suits are the workwear of yesteryear at Babcock. Graduates, not grease-monkeys, are the typical employees of the future.

   • 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 19:

     The boiler suit was the kind with stud-fasteners rather than a zip.

同意語

• overall, overalls, coverall

アナグラム

• Boutiliers