Daredevil skating instructors in otter-skin caps and braided jackets boldly speed over the ice alone.

Some wore the uniforms of high officers of the People's Watchmen or of People's Welfare Party functionaries; a few wore the heavily braided short jackets of Space Viking officers.

He blinked, trying to absorb the visual impact, then became aware of other women in similarly exotic attire and men in colourful braided jackets.

He wore a red, braided jacket that reached to his waist, a blue waistcoat, and white trousers with gold stripes down the sides.

The light dragoons wore short blue braided jackets and the leather "Tarleton" helmet which had a thick woollen comb.

Despite the heat, he wore his braided jacket and his braided duck-billed cap, with the gold stringwork across the crown and bill.

He was dressed in green plus-fours tucked into brown plaid socks and highly polished shoes, and a matching short braided jacket worn over a thick waistcoat.

These ropes consist of one or more concentric tubular braided jackets surrounding either several small twisted fibre cords, or a single untwisted yarn of straight fibres, and are known as Kernmantle ropes.