Sentences with oilskin
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O o - An oilskin hat
- When he finally hung up his black boots and oilskins last month, Liam had clocked up 42 years as a fireman.
- Grabbing the worn oilskin map out of his hands, Adria peered closely at the markings.
- So I donned my wellington boots, put on my waterproof coat and my oilskin hat, grabbed my brolly and went out for a short walk in the rain.
- A team of men in bright yellow oilskins and wellies prepares to winch a salmon cage out of the water.
- A number of the men in question in this incident had been given a complete set of oilskins before embarking in Rossaveal.
- The oilskin clothes, fur gloves and boots are replicas of the Burberry outfits Shackleton used in his ill-fated expedition to cross the Antarctic.
- I carried Edward's letter in an oilskin pouch tucked inside my tunic.
- Despite layers of thermal underwear and polar fleeces under my oilskins, I am so cold that I have lost all feeling in my right hand.
- So, I donned gloves and oilskins and put my hands to work cleaning out traps alongside my companions.
- When they come up we can make out on the tiny bridges two figures covered in oilskins, but nevertheless drenched through and looking like drowned rats.
- A yellow oilskin hat and coat hung from a hook on the wall beside the door.
- As he did, he realised with shock that it wasn't a normal jacket, but an oilskin greatcoat.
- There are everyday photos in the style of Frank Meadows Sutcliffe of fishermen and their womenfolk, and examples of the smocks and oilskins worn by them.
- We climbed into oilskins, life jackets and clip-on safety harnesses, and became fellow shipmates for the day-night crossing.
- The man was dressed in a heavy, green oilskin waterproof jacket and trousers.
- In Monsoon they appear as wide-eyed, god-like creatures dressed in yellow oilskins with water-filled pipes attached.
- Large drops of rain began to fall, and they laid groundsheets and put up their oilskin tents.
- He then rolled the hide into a bundle, placed the bundle in an oilskin sack, and began leading the way back to their skiff.