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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On July 31, for example, the crew entered their spacecraft in their flight suits for a multiday training — a dress rehearsal of sorts — at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Matt Alderton, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025 The Archive collection includes rare items from the 1960s through the 1990s, like adult flight suits, acid-wash denim, and a remake of one of the first infant overalls. Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 3 Oct. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for flight suit

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First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

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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 4 Nov. 2025.

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