oilskin

How To Use oilskin In A Sentence

• Stilmore dismounted, then reached into a saddlebag and brought out an object covered in protective oilskin.
• When they come up we can make out on the tiny bridges two figures covered in oilskins, but nevertheless drenched through and looking like drowned rats.
• There are everyday photos in the style of Frank Meadows Sutcliffe of fishermen and their womenfolk, and examples of the smocks and oilskins worn by them.
• In her home-made oilskins held together with gaffer tape, the teenage was the most down-to-earth of sailing students.
• Despite layers of thermal underwear and polar fleeces under my oilskins, I am so cold that I have lost all feeling in my right hand.
• In Monsoon they appear as wide-eyed, god-like creatures dressed in yellow oilskins with water-filled pipes attached.
• They cycled both ways in the rain and the dark without any oilskins or protective gear and arrived back at 5am.
• Winton had been wearing a complete set of thick winter woolens, oilskins, and sea boots, and despite being a strong swimmer had not stood a chance in the heavy sea.
• Sailors wear oilskins in stormy weather.
• As a study in nostalgia it is a gem, right down to the steam trains, sailing boats and 11s.6d. oilskins.