overalls

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Loose-fitting pants with supporting cross-straps and a panel of material in the chest (called a bib), often associated with farm work.

   That concertina was a wonder in its way. The handles that was on it first was wore out long ago, and he'd made new ones of braided rope yarn. And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker's overalls.

2. 2
   noun

   A loose-fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them.

3. 3
   noun

   Trousers traditionally worn by cavalry.

4. 4
   noun

   plural of overall