Definition of "fearnaught" []

• A fearless person. (noun)
• A stout woolen cloth of great thickness; dreadnaught (noun)
• A warm garment, especially one made of this cloth. (noun)

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• "At the powder magazine, flannel “fearnaught” curtains were hung and soaked, lest fire flash through and detonate the whole ship like a bomb."
• "Are made of thick fearnaught, or of double baize, with holes through which to pass the powder; these holes to be covered by broad flaps of the same material."
• "He is specially charged with the care and distribution of articles for stopping shot-holes or repairing other injuries to the hull, which may be received in action, viz.: shot-plugs and mauls; pieces of pine board from eighteen inches to three feet long, and from twelve to fifteen inches wide, covered with felt or fearnaught, previously coated with tar or white lead; patches of sheet-lead, all with nail-holes punched; and trouser-slings for lowering men outside the vessel, to be provided with a pouch or pocket, to contain a hammer and nails."