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  2. Sou'wester - Wikipedia

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    A sou'wester is a traditional form of collapsible oilskin rain hat that is longer in the back than the front to protect the neck fully. [1] A gutter front brim is sometimes featured. The name is thought to come from the southwesterly wind which brings warm air from the tropics to the British Isles , often bringing rain as it cools over the sea.

  3. Oilskin - Wikipedia

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    Oilskin jacket and sou'wester. Oilskin is a waterproof cloth used for making garments typically worn by sailors and by others in wet areas. The modern oilskin garment was developed by a New Zealander, Edward Le Roy, in 1898.

  4. Helly Hansen - Wikipedia

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    Helly Juell Hansen had been at sea since the age of 14 and in 1877, at the age of 35, he and his wife Maren Margarethe produced their first oilskin jackets, trousers, sou'westers and tarpaulins, made from coarse linen soaked in linseed oil. Over the first five years they sold around 10,000 pieces.

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  6. 'Incredibly dangerous': How to prepare for incoming ice storm

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    Wear warm, waterproof clothing and non-slip shoes if you must go outdoors. Ice covers tree branches on Norton Street in South Berwick, Maine, on March 24, 2024, following an ice storm that knocked ...

  7. Oilcloth - Wikipedia

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    Oilcloth was used as an outer waterproof layer for luggage, whether wooden trunks [3] or flexible satchels, and for carriages and weatherproof clothing. [1] The most familiar recent use was for brightly printed kitchen tablecloths. Dull-colored oilcloth was used for bedrolls, sou'westers, and tents.

  8. Glossary of textile manufacturing - Wikipedia

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    Oil cloth was, traditionally, heavy cotton or linen cloth with a linseed oil coating: it was semi-waterproof. The most familiar use was for brightly printed kitchen tablecloths. [21] Dull-colored oilcloth was used for bedrolls, sou'westers, and tents.

  9. Sou'wester 42/43 - Wikipedia

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    The Sou'wester 42/43 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a raised counter reverse transom, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel or optional shoal draft keel. It displaces 24,000 lb (10,886 kg) and carries 8,500 lb (3,856 kg) of lead ...