flight suit

noun

: a usually one-piece garment especially of fire-resistant fabric worn especially by a member of a military aircrew

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Globemakers and a palette of greens, browns, slate grays, and bold reds drawn from flight suits, insignia, and wartime skies. Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2025 Amid textile shortages, Japanese veterans continued wearing threadbare flight suits, and families found clothes by scouring the black market. Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025 Sánchez also worked with luxury fashion house Monse to design new flight suits for the mission. Olivia Kemp, CNN Money, 25 June 2025 Passengers wear personalized flight suits, pose for preflight photos and receive mission patches or certificates, all designed to echo the rituals of professional space missions. Betsy Pudliner, The Conversation, 19 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for flight suit

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First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of flight suit was in 1944

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“Flight suit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flight%20suit. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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