Welder 's gloves, welder' s goggles, leathersleeves, a leather apron, andotherstandardprotectiveequipmentmust beworn for cutting and weldingoperations.
Back on the stretch of freshly paved road, the team's ironmonger wiped his sweaty palms on his thick leather apron, then retrieved a lunch box from the bullock-cart piled with welding gear and scrambled up the slope to get a better view of the proceedings.