ˈoilskin
Cloth made waterproof by being treated with oil; a piece, or garment, of such cloth; = oilcloth 1 a.
| 1816 J. Scott Paris Revis. (ed. 3) 327 They proceeded to untie the oil-skins from the locks of their rifles. 1828 Miss Mitford Village Ser. iii. (1863) 97 A large package..covered with oilskin. 1884 Clark Russell Jack's Courtship xxviii. II. 225 There were two men at the wheel in yellow oilskins. |
b. Often attrib. (made of oilskin); also in Comb.
| 1812 H. & J. Smith Rej. Addr., Tale Drury Lane 97 The belt and oil-skin hat he wore. 1842 Dickens Amer. Notes ii. (1850) 10/1 Clad in a suit of shaggy blue, with an oilskin hat. 1891 A. Welcker Woolly West 71 Listeners, in yellow oil skin suits and damp and steaming overcoats..crowded about the red-hot stove. |
Hence ˈoilskinned (-skɪnd) a., dressed in oilskin.
| 1857 C. Kingsley Two Yrs. Ago I. iii. 80 Oil-skinned coast-guardsmen. 1897 Century Mag. Sept. 777/1 They lay..oilskinned and sea-booted. |