south-wester

English

Noun

south-wester (plural south-westers)

1. (archaic) A kind of cap to protect against the rain
   • 1840, R[ichard] H[enry] D[ana], Jr., “CHAPTER XXXV”, in Two Years before the Mast. […] (Harper’s Family Library; no. CVI), New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers […], →OCLC:

     We spring out of our berths, clap on a monkey-jacket and south-wester, and tumble up the ladder.