Definition of "sou'wester" [sou'wester]

• Variant of southwester. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "He starts by donning his sou'wester and looking at the plight of the UK's fishing industry – how many fish are left, which species need to be left alone to replenish – but finds that things are more complicated than at first glance."
• "So short was he that he was all sea-boots and sou'wester."
• "With numb fingers inside my thick mitten, I drew aside the ear-flap of her sou'wester and shouted:"