man-o'-war suit

English

Noun

man-o'-war suit (plural man-o'-war suits)

A suit, especially worn in the 19th century, with long trousers and wide-brimmed straw sailor hat.
- 1914 June, James Joyce, “The Dead”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:
  She had an open book on her knees and was pointing out something in it to Constantine who, dressed in a man-o'-war suit, lay at her feet.

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