Various questions about CHILDREN's stuff...

[Deen]

Hi!

These are hard to find in the regular dictionaries. Or at least, I have no luck!

• When they build a fort from snow to throw snowballs at each other and hide behind the fortifications, do you call these SNOW FORTS?
• What is the word for a "stuffed" (there you go... tsk tsk) winter's clothing in one piece with a zip at the front, that keeps kids warm when they play outside in the winter?
• What is the word for a less warm one, that has the main feature that it's water proof? I'm in both cases NOT talking about a jacket and a pair of trousers, but ONE... suit, or what ever)
• Is there a separate word for a tiny spade that children use when playing in the snow or the sand? -One that is less than a foot long.
• What do you call a wooden square, half a foot high, filled with sand, for kids to play in? A sandbox?
• And the last one: Can you list the different words for different types of hats or head-clothing(!!!)? I'm talking knitted / to keep warm / to keep dry / to cover the ears / with a round ball of knitting wool on top - or what ever types have you..?

Very silly questions, but I have given up on finding out these every day issues through books and the net-based dictionaries around. Thankful if you can help!

Regards.

[MikeNewYork]

Originally Posted by Deen

Hi!

These are hard to find in the regular dictionaries. Or at least, I have no luck!

• When they build a fort from snow to throw snowballs at each other and hide behind the fortifications, do you call these SNOW FORTS?
• What is the word for a "stuffed" (there you go... tsk tsk) winter's clothing in one piece with a zip at the front, that keeps kids warm when they play outside in the winter?
• What is the word for a less warm one, that has the main feature that it's water proof? I'm in both cases NOT talking about a jacket and a pair of trousers, but ONE... suit, or what ever)
• Is there a separate word for a tiny spade that children use when playing in the snow or the sand? -One that is less than a foot long.
• What do you call a wooden square, half a foot high, filled with sand, for kids to play in? A sandbox?
• And the last one: Can you list the different words for different types of hats or head-clothing(!!!)? I'm talking knitted / to keep warm / to keep dry / to cover the ears / with a round ball of knitting wool on top - or what ever types have you..?

Very silly questions, but I have given up on finding out these every day issues through books and the net-based dictionaries around. Thankful if you can help!

Regards.

1. Yes, we call them snow forts.
2. If you mean a one-piece garment, I would call it a snow suit.
3. Rain suit
4. We call them shovels.
5. Yes, sandbox.
6. There are many different kinds of hats and different words to describe them: hat, cap, tam, fedora, stetson, cowboy hat, toque, stocking cap, baseball cap, Panama hat, boater, bonnet, bowler, chapeau, skimmer, sombrero, stove pipe hat, straw hat, ten-gallon hat, top hat, beret, bonnet

[Deen]

Thanks! GREAT!

And that last point... PHEW!!! But at least now I have words I can google or something and see what kind of hat comes up!

Wonderful, thanks again!!

[BobK]

Originally Posted by MikeNewYork

2. If you mean a one-piece garment, I would call it a snow suit.

When I was young, we still used garments designed during the war (WW2), to put on hurriedly over pyjamas when going to a (cold) air-raid shelter. They were called "siren suits"; but I haven't heard this expression for many years.

In the context of winter sports, BE has borrowed the French word, salopettes.

If coldness isn't a problem "dungarees".

Originally Posted by MikeNewYork

4. We call them shovels.

And we call them spades.

Originally Posted by MikeNewYork

6. There are many different kinds of hats and different words to describe them: hat, cap, tam, fedora, stetson, cowboy hat, toque, stocking cap, baseball cap, Panama hat, boater, bonnet, bowler, chapeau, skimmer, sombrero, stove pipe hat, straw hat, ten-gallon hat, top hat, beret, bonnet

To add to Mike's list:

beanie, bobble-hat, deer-stalker, flat hat, Homburg, opera-hat, pork-pie hat, trilby, - even biretta, soutane, and mitre (if it's not cheating to get ecclesiastical)


b

ps Another hat
sou'wester - a waterproof hat, often yellow (worn by Christopher Robin in the Disney Pooh). It's so-called because, in the British Isles, it's winds from the SW that tend to bring rain.

[Deen]

MORE?!

You people must really love to specify exactly what kind of hat your children wear!!!

[MikeNewYork]

Originally Posted by Deen

Thanks! GREAT!

And that last point... PHEW!!! But at least now I have words I can google or something and see what kind of hat comes up!

Wonderful, thanks again!!

You're welcome.

Lots of hats, eh?

[MikeNewYork]

Originally Posted by BobK

When I was young, we still used garments designed during the war (WW2), to put on hurriedly over pyjamas when going to a (cold) air-raid shelter. They were called "siren suits"; but I haven't heard this expression for many years.

Sadly, I understand the context in which "siren suit" developed.

In the context of winter sports, BE has borrowed the French word, salopettes.

If coldness isn't a problem "dungarees".

Here, "dungarees" would be denim jeans.

And we call them spades.

You Brits are sooooooo difficult.

To add to Mike's list:

beanie, bobble-hat, deer-stalker, flat hat, Homburg, opera-hat, pork-pie hat, trilby, - even biretta, soutane, and mitre (if it's not cheating to get ecclesiastical)


b

ps Another hat
sou'wester - a waterproof hat, often yellow (worn by Christopher Robin in the Disney Pooh). It's so-called because, in the British Isles, it's winds from the SW that tend to bring rain.

Good ones.

[Deen]

Indeed! I'll write a book about it when I go on pension (hope that's what you call it...)

[MikeNewYork]

Originally Posted by Deen

MORE?!

You people must really love to specify exactly what kind of hat your children wear!!!

In fairness, most of these hats would not be worn by children.

[Deen]