Definition of "oilskins" []

• A waterproof garment, made from oilskin, used especially at sea (noun)

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• "Johnson, it seems, bought a suit of oilskins from the slop-chest and found them to be of greatly inferior quality."
• "She stood challengingly at my open door, in oilskins, sou'wester, and sea-boots."
• "On each of the two houses and on the poop the ship's complement, all in oilskins, was in groups."