armywear

English

Etymology

From army +‎ -wear.

Noun

armywear (uncountable)

1. Clothing to be worn by the army.
   • 1983 August 25, “Shop cash box stolen”, in Grimsby Evening Telegraph, page nine:

     DETECTIVES are probing a raid on a shop in High Street, Cleethorpes, which sells surplus armywear.

   • 1997 January 31, The Staines Informer, 23rd year, number 5, page 78:

     We buy/sell second-hand furniture/baby equipment, bric-a-brac, curios, models, armywear and bits and pieces.

   • 2001 June 25, “9 Sport and Tech Essentials”, in New York, page 74:

     To coordinate with your faux-armywear, Keds offers functional camouflage.

   • 2007, Kira Jolliffe, Bay Garnett, The Cheap Date Guide to Style, Universe Publishing, published 2008, →ISBN, page 53:

     Invented by Basque peasants, this brimless wool felt cap has been adopted by many a chic figure, becoming ridiculously rich with references: armywear; stereotypical old Frenchmen; 1920s film directors; 1950s schoolgirls; beatniks, renegades.

   • 2019, Malcolm McLean, Freak Like Me: Confessions of a 90s Pop Groupie, RedDoor, →ISBN, page 43:

     They’d gone from baggy armywear for their first album to sassy for the second, then mumsy chic for the recent one: lots of long coats.