WETSUIT Definition & Meaning

wetsuit

or wet suit

[ wet-soot ]

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noun

a close-fitting rubber garment worn by a diver in cold water that allows a thin, insulating layer of water to collect between the diver's skin and the suit in order to retain body heat.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of wetsuit¹

First recorded in 1950–55

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All police know is that he is a white man, aged between 30 and 60, and was wearing a Zone 3 Agile wetsuit.

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The death of an unidentified man found in a wetsuit at a reservoir was "not currently thought to be suspicious", an inquest has been told.

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Despite forensic tests, extensive inquiries and searches and appeals for information, detectives still have not solved the mystery of the man in the wetsuit.

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But with no clothes or vehicle found and the nearest bus stop about four hours' walk away, police do think it is unlikely he walked there in his wetsuit.

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All police know is he is a white man, aged between 30 and 60, and was wearing a Zone 3 Agile wetsuit.

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