fearnaught

English

Alternative forms

• fearnought

Etymology

From fear +‎ naught.

Noun

fearnaught (plural fearnaughts)

1. A fearless person.
2. A stout woolen cloth of great thickness; dreadnought
   • 1772, James Cook, The Journals, Second Voyage, 4 January:

     [T]he crew however stand it tolerable well, each being cloathed with a Fearnought jacket, a pair of trowsers of the same and a large cap made of canvas & baize, these together with an additional glass of brandy every morning enables them to bear the cold without flinshing.

3. (by extension) A warm garment, especially one made of this cloth.

References

• “fearnaught”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.