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pilot cloth

pilot cloth

9.5
A thick, warm blue wool cloth used to make sailors' overcoats
  • noun
  • Archaic
translation icon : tela de piloto
  • The navy issued new overcoats made from pilot cloth to all its sailors.

Examples

  • His vintage jacket is crafted from traditional pilot cloth, known for its warmth and durability.

  • Museum exhibits often include uniforms constructed with pilot cloth to demonstrate historical clothing techniques.

  • The sailor wore a coat made of pilot cloth.

  • These pilot cloths are perfect for making warm jackets.

  • The navy issued new overcoats made from pilot cloth to all its sailors.

  • His vintage jacket is crafted from traditional pilot cloth, known for its warmth and durability.

  • Museum exhibits often include uniforms constructed with pilot cloth to demonstrate historical clothing techniques.

Synonyms

cloth
vspilot cloth
215 1.0

A piece of material made by joining threads together and used for making clothes or for cleaning

is narrower being a thick blue wool used for overcoats for sailors

Surface Forms

pilot cloth singular
pilot cloths plural

Morphology

pilot + cloth

A learner who knows 'pilot' as a person who steers a ship or plane and 'cloth' as a textile can infer that 'pilot cloth' is a type of fabric associated with pilots or sailors, so a general association is derivable. However, the specific properties (thick, durable, blue woolen, used for overcoats) and the historical/technical sense are not predictable from the constituents alone, and 'pilot' in this compound is somewhat specialized/archaic. Therefore the relation is partially clear but requires prior exposure for full meaning.

Etymology

The noun pilot cloth likely comes from the heavy blue wool used to make the warm coats of a ship's pilot and other 'sailors'. That's why pilot cloth now means a thick, durable blue cloth used for 'overcoats'.