On Saturday, February 12, 2022 at 12:12:40 PM UTC-6 Patrick Moore wrote:
> It is; it's the British term for a windbreaker, especially the old > fashioned type with only a half-zipper. The name is borrowed from that of > an Inuit garment of similar design, I believe. > > I think the extension of the meaning came about because fanatical steam > train or steam waggon viewers (steam trucks were used in Britain until the > 1960s or even 1970s and there are entertaining Youtube videos of steam > waggon fairs and steam traction engines and lorries holding up traffic on > narrow English roads) often wore these anoraks in England's wet, cold > climate. > > Partially correct, it's from the groups of men (trainspotters) who would collect locomotive numbers and stand clustered at the ends of station platforms in the wind & rain. The anorak is also referred to as a kagoule. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/72bfbde9-6899-4ac6-b254-25f504c93ba1n%40googlegroups.com.
