countrywear

English

Etymology

From country +‎ -wear.

Noun

countrywear (uncountable)

1. Clothing to be worn in the country.
   • 1951 November 16, The Christian Science Monitor, volume 43, number 300, Boston, Mass., page 19:

     COUNTRYWEAR for Men and Women

   • 1952 December, “News in Brief”, in Textile Industries, volume 116, number 12, page 193:

     The nylon stockings are very popular for countrywear, golf, and race-meetings.

   • 1992, Sue Atkinson, “A brief history of fashion”, in Making and Dressing Dolls House Dolls in ¹⁄₁₂ Scale, David & Charles, published 1999, →ISBN, page 44:

     Three-piece lounge suits, made in tweed checks and plaids, and the knickerbocker suits which were popular for countrywear, were worn with turned-down collars and broad ties. Double-breasted caped ‘Inverness’ overcoats and short fly-fronted coats in dark wool cloth were popular. The three-piece lounge suit buttoned high with small revers was worn for all but formal occasions with a tall bowler hat (Derby), although a cap or ‘deerstalker’ were customary for countrywear.

   • 2022 January 31, Sara Semic, quoting Kathryn Sargent, “Can these women save Savile Row?”, in Financial Times‎^[1]:

     Most of the iconic women’s looks that Savile Row had in its armoury historically were established from ridingwear and countrywear, so I worked on adapting those styles and came up with my own way of cutting for women.