fearnaught

== English == === Alternative forms === fearnought === Etymology === From fear +‎ naught. === Noun === fearnaught (plural fearnaughts) A fearless person. A stout woolen cloth of great thickness; dreadnought 1772, James Cook, The Journals, Second Voyage, 4 January: [T]he crew however stand it tolerable well, each being cloathed with a Fearnought jacket, a pair of trowsers of the same and a large cap made of canvas & baize, these together with an additional glass of brandy every morning enables them to bear the cold without flinshing. (by extension) A warm garment, especially one made of this cloth. === References === “fearnaught”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.