[Ads-l] layer = "an insulating item of clothing"

[Andy Bach]

>  Has anyone else encountered this usage?

Well, we (in WI) talk of the advantage of dressing in or wearing layers,
without appending clothing "For biking in cold weather, layers are your
best bet." but not a noun singular, beside, maybe "It'll be a windchill of
-20, so an extra layer or two will help."

On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 4:10 PM Mark Mandel <markamandel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Has anyone else encountered this usage?
>
> An exchange with the writer of an announcement:
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> Fri, Oct 18, 2019, 2:35 PM …
>
> This is just a quick reminder that we're organizing … on Monday, October
> 21st, at 9:30am.
> [The event] will go until ~1pm and be followed by a vegetarian potluck
> lunch.
>
> Things to bring:
> …
> -A layer. We hope to be outside.
>
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> Fri, Oct 18, 2019, 10:57 PM Mark Mandel …
> «-A layer. We hope to be outside.»
>
> I'm sorry, that doesn't make any sense to me. A layer of what, for what? My
> only guess is that you mean something to sit or lie on, like a picnic
> blanket, to protect our clothes from getting stained by the grass.
>
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> Tue, Oct 22, 2019, 1:50 PM…
> Hi Mark-
> By a layer, I meant a clothing layer. Like a jacket or sweater.
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> MAM
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