He would take off his neatly pressed worsted trousers, his Winchester College blazer and schoolboys cap, and don the rough clothes he wore at home in Connemara: the peasants canvas britches, the bawneen ‘bratt’ or smock.
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bawneen — baw·neen … English syllables
bawneen — ˈbäˌnēn noun ( s) Etymology: Irish Gaelic bāinīn flannel, white flannel jacket, from bāin , bān white (from Old Irish bān) + īn (diminutive suffix); akin to Sanskrit bhāti he shines more at fancy : a man s work jacket of homemade undyed wool… … Useful english dictionary
Aran sweater — The Aran (or Arran) is a style of jumper/sweaterCollins English Dictionary, Standard ISBN 0 00 433078 1 (1979)] that takes its name from the Aran Islands off the West Coast of Ireland. [cite paper author = Lambert, Gail Ann title = The Taxonomy… … Wikipedia
