OILSKIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oilskin mean? 

• OILSKIN (noun)
  The noun OILSKIN has 1 sense:

1. a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof

  Familiarity information: OILSKIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OILSKIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

oilskin; slicker

Hypernyms ("oilskin" is a kind of...):

mac; macintosh; mack; mackintosh (a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric)

 Context examples 

“And I'll take this to square the count,” said I, picking up the oilskin packet.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

There was a dampness in the air, and I noticed he had on his oilskins.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

He had provided himself, among other things, with a complete suit of oilskin, and a straw hat with a very low crown, pitched or caulked on the outside.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

“Here it is, sir,” said I, and gave him the oilskin packet.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Johnson, it seems, bought a suit of oilskins from the slop-chest and found them to be of greatly inferior quality.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

After dinner we sat for an hour or so near the window, without talking much; and then Mr. Peggotty got up, and brought his oilskin bag and his stout stick, and laid them on the table.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Oilskins and sea-boots were hanging from the walls, and here and there rifles and shotguns rested securely in the racks.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

When she had served us all, she withdrew to the window, where she sedulously employed herself in repairing some shirts and other clothes belonging to Mr. Peggotty, and neatly folding and packing them in an old oilskin bag, such as sailors carry.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I covered her with oilskins and a tarpaulin.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

At last I found one that I thought looked promising, at the corner of a dirty lane, ending in an enclosure full of stinging-nettles, against the palings of which some second-hand sailors' clothes, that seemed to have overflowed the shop, were fluttering among some cots, and rusty guns, and oilskin hats, and certain trays full of so many old rusty keys of so many sizes that they seemed various enough to open all the doors in the world.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)