Southwest

This article deals with seafarers' headgear, for other meanings of the word see South West (disambiguation) .

U-boat bridge watch with southwest (1941)

Southwest (ca.1893)

A southwest ( English Sou'wester ; norweg. Sydvest ) is a waterproof headgear for seafarers . It is made from oil cloth or plastic as the upper material and partly cotton as the lining . Southwesters have a wide brim that overhangs at the back so that rainwater cannot run into their clothing. The naming after the direction from which most of the rain comes may come from Norwegian, as does the hat itself .

See also

• List of clothing items
• Oilskins

Web links

Commons : Südwester  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wiktionary: Südwester  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kamilla Pedersen: Derfor heter det sydvest. In: yr.no . September 17, 2013, Retrieved October 8, 2017 (Norwegian).