Overalls

An overall is a type of garment which usually used as protective clothing when working, but they have sometimes been items of fashion, especially in the 1990s. Some people call an overall a "pair of overalls" by analogy with "pair of trousers". more...

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The word "overall" is also an adjective meaning "above everything".
Distinguish from overhaul.

Protective clothing

There are three sorts of protective garment called an overall.

Smock

A loose, above-the-knee, coat-like garment worn by artists, shop assistants, and others to protect their street clothes. In the U.S., this is usually called a smock; in parts of the U.K. and Ireland, it may be termed an "overall." Medical and scientific research personnel may call this a lab coat, but the purpose is the same.

Bib-and-brace

These are trousers with an attached front patch covering the chest and with attached braces (or suspenders in the US) which go over the shoulders. Some people use the word "overall" for this garment only and not for a boilersuit. In British English such a garment is usually referred to as a pair of dungarees.

Bib overalls are generally made of blue denim and often have riveted pockets, similar to those on blue jeans. Bib overalls have long been associated with rural men in the U.S. South and Midwest, especially farmers and railroad workers. They are often worn with long johns or a red union suit underneath, or with a T-shirt or no shirt at all in warmer weather. Since the 1960s, different colors and patterns of bib overalls have been increasingly worn by young people of both sexes, often with one of the straps worn loose or unfastened along the side and under the arm.

Etymology of "dungaree"

The term "dungaree" was associated with a coarse undyed calico fabric that was produced and sold in a region near Dongari Killa (also called Fort George) in Bombay (now Mumbai) in India. The cloth was cheap and often poorly woven. As such, it was used by the poorer classes for clothing and by various navies as a sail cloth. Sailors often re-used old sails to make clothes. In time, the name of the cloth came to also mean an item of clothing made out of it. See and .

Boilersuit

This is sometimes called a coverall. In American English, it is nearly always referred to as "coveralls". It is a one-piece garment with full-length sleeves and legs like a jumpsuit, but usually less tight-fitting. It is often worn as protective clothing over "street" clothes at work, but sometimes is worn directly over shirt and underclothes. Its main feature is that it has no gap between jacket and trousers or between lapels, and no loose jacket tails. It often has a long thin pocket down the outside of the right thigh to hold long tools. It usually has a front fastening extending the whole length of the front of the body up to the throat, with no lapels. This fastening can be:

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