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English
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Etymology
fear + naught
Noun
fearnaught (plural fearnaughts)
- A fearless person.
- A stout woolen cloth of great thickness; dreadnought
- 1772, James Cook, The Journals, Second Voyage, 4 January:
- 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.
- (by extension) A warm garment, especially one made of this cloth.
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