oilskinned

We were a biscuit-toss away, and he sprang upon the rail at the jigger-shrouds and danced a war-dance and waved his free arm, and yelled his scorn and joy at their discomfiture to the several oilskinned figures on the stranger vessel's poop.

CHAPTER XL 2010

Stealing a glance over the top of my book, I saw him go by, sea-booted, oilskinned, sou'westered.

CHAPTER XXXVIII 2010

An oilskinned figure wearing one of the Shangri-la's crew's fancy French sailor hats came running down the gangway and took the painter.

When Eight Bells Toll MacLean, Alistair, 1922-1987 1966

It is an oilskinned and dripping seaman, and the officer of the watch, or his so-called snotty, as the case may be, wakes sufficiently to ask:

The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913 Apsley Cherry-Garrard 1922

We were a biscuit-toss away, and he sprang upon the rail at the jigger-shrouds and danced a war - dance and waved his free arm, and yelled his scorn and joy at their discomfiture to the several oilskinned figures on the stranger vessel's poop.

Chapter 40 1914

Stealing a glance over the top of my book, I saw him go by, sea - booted, oilskinned, sou'westered.

Chapter 38 1914

Tim Lacy, oilskinned and jack-booted, leading the swing across the floor.

Sonnie-Boy's People 1912

"Morse" a resounding slap on his wet oilskinned shoulder.

A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" Russell Doubleday 1910

"Here, 'Morse,' give us that new song of yours," said "Steve," as another oilskinned figure joined the group.

A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" Russell Doubleday 1910

Perhaps I might have been able to pull myself together had I chanced to fall in with that oilskinned figure again, but I thought at the moment I had become utterly useless and I felt inclined to throw myself down on the grass and go to sleep and forget everything.

The Man from the Clouds 1907