bush jacket

noun

a belted, hip-length, shirtlike jacket, usually with four patch pockets and a notched collar, adapted from the hunting coat customarily worn in the African bush.

Origin of bush jacket

First recorded in 1935–40

Also called bush coat, bush shirt, safari jacket.

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British Dictionary definitions for bush jacket

bush jacket

noun

a casual jacket or shirt having four patch pockets and a belt

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