Windcheater
CmdrAtticus
United StatesPosts: 1,102MI6 Agent
Can anyone clear up what Bond's wind-cheater is? I've read the novels many times and
dissected certain parts and the mention of his wind-cheater in OHMSS is confusing to me.
I always thought this was what a windbreaker is called in England, but in this passage
from OHMSS, it sounds like it's a sweater (?). Usually windbreakers (especially for golf)
are short cloth jackets.
- Bond had equipped himself at Lillywhites with clothing he thought would be
both appropriate and sensible. He had avoided the modern elasticized vorlage
trousers and had chosen the more comfortable but old-fashioned type of
ski-trouser in a smooth cloth. Above these he wore an aged black wind-cheater
that he used for golf, over his usual white sea-island cotton shirt. He had
wisely reinforced this outfit with long and ugly cotton and wool pants and
vests. He had conspicuously brand-new ski-boots with powerful ankle-straps. He
said, 'Then I'd better take off MY SWEATER.' He did so and followed the Count
out on to the veranda.
dissected certain parts and the mention of his wind-cheater in OHMSS is confusing to me.
I always thought this was what a windbreaker is called in England, but in this passage
from OHMSS, it sounds like it's a sweater (?). Usually windbreakers (especially for golf)
are short cloth jackets.
- Bond had equipped himself at Lillywhites with clothing he thought would be
both appropriate and sensible. He had avoided the modern elasticized vorlage
trousers and had chosen the more comfortable but old-fashioned type of
ski-trouser in a smooth cloth. Above these he wore an aged black wind-cheater
that he used for golf, over his usual white sea-island cotton shirt. He had
wisely reinforced this outfit with long and ugly cotton and wool pants and
vests. He had conspicuously brand-new ski-boots with powerful ankle-straps. He
said, 'Then I'd better take off MY SWEATER.' He did so and followed the Count
out on to the veranda.
Comments
M: "Jealous husbands, outraged chefs, humiliated tailors . . . the list is endless."
-Casino Royale, Ian Fleming