wet suit

1. 1.

   a close-fitting garment made of a permeable material; worn in cold water (as by skin divers) to retain body heat

   Broadergarment

Questions about wet suit

What does wet suit mean?

wet suit means "a close-fitting garment made of a permeable material; worn in cold water (as by skin divers) to retain body heat".

Is wet suit a common word?

wet suit is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.