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cape ann n DC ~ (hat) (Nfld: 1894-); see Fish Exhibit Cat (1883),
p. 333 [Boston, Mass company]. After Cape Ann, Mass. A fisherman's oilskin cap with broad
brim, sloping at the back, and side flaps tied under the chin; SOU'WESTER.
[1894 BURKE] 57 [mock rules for regatta] None but the coxwains
allowed Cape-Anns. 1898 Record 9 He wiped the salt water from off his face with
his 'cape Ann,' and looked again. 1936 DEVINE 115 He sold ... oil clothing, which was a
specialty and included south-westers, Cape Arms and 'Lincolns.' 1940 SCAMMELL 9 "Squid
Jiggin' Ground": O this is the place where the fishermen gather / With oilskins, boots
and cape-anns battened down. T 141/66-652 He tricked her with this old cape
ann. Red flannel lining in un. A kind of a greenish colour, they was. T 194/6-65 My sling
hooked in the tolepin, old man, and I hauled hard and broke the string o' my cape arm,
lost my cape ann. 1967 Bk of Nfld iv, 242 Soon the oiled calico would become
chafed and worn (especially the pants), but that first yellow robing, together with the
black Cape Ann, is a highlight in my memory.
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