south-wester
English
Noun
south-wester (plural south-westers)
- (archaic) A kind of cap to protect against the rain
- 1840, [Richard Henry Dana Jr.], “Chapter XXXV”, in Two Years before the Mast. […] (Harper’s Family Library; no. 106), New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers […], OCLC 191240091:
- We spring out of our berths, clap on a monkey-jacket and south-wester, and tumble up the ladder.