sou'-western.
1. = southwester n. 1.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind with reference to direction > winds from specific compass points > south-west
south-west1440
Afer1667
Libs1742
southwester1778
sou'-wester1838
southwesterly1875
1838 P. Hawker Diary (1893) II. 157 Frost ended in a set in of dirty sou'-wester, with a constant batch of wind and rain.
1894 W. E. Norris St. Ann's I. 180 One of those steady, relentless sou'-westers, accompanied by sheets of rain.
2.
a. A large waterproof hat or cap, originally made of oilskin, with a broad rim, worn esp. at sea to protect the head and neck during rough or wet weather. Cf. southwester n. 2.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > waterproof
rain hat1755
southwester1828
sou'-wester1837
north-easter1838
nor'-wester1853
1837 P. Hawker Diary (1893) II. 130 I shipped my sou-wester and went fishing.
1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxxii. 333 He also provided Rob with a species of hat,..which is usually termed a sou'wester.
1870 W. Thornbury Tour Eng. II. xxviii. 239 [The] men have their shiny-yellow sou'-westers pulled down over their brows.
b. attributive. = sense 2a.
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1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. ii. 41 When the captain comes down again, in a sou'-wester hat tied under his chin, and a pilot-coat.
1860 C. A. Collins Eye-witness 120 It is a neighbourhood of canvas trousers and sou'-wester hats.
3. Nautical. (See quot. 1848, and cf. nor'-wester n. 4.)
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > rum > [noun] > rum and water
rum and water?1750
seven-water grog1834
sou'-wester1848
mainsheet1873
bubbly1902
1848 B. D. Walsh in tr. Aristophanes Comedies 40 (note) Half-and-half was equivalent to what seamen call a sou'-wester, that is to say, half rum and the rest rum-and-water.
Derivatives
sou'-ˈwestered adj. wearing a sou'-wester.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing headgear > wearing a hat > types of
flat-headed1667
straw-hattedc1730
beavered1742
cocked-hatted1821
slouch-hatted1826
high-hatted1858
plug-hatted1869
sun-helmeted1886
pot-hatted1888
sou'-westered1891
cowboy-hatted1896
sombreroed1899
top hat1902
picture-hatted1906
bowler-hatted1909
sailor-hatted1909
tile-hatted1924
Stetsoned1935
trilbied1966
trilby-hatted1975
1891 Harper's Mag. July 179/1 That unseasonably sou'-westered man at the wheel.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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