jerkin

[ jur-kin ]

noun
  1. a close-fitting jacket or short coat, usually sleeveless, as one of leather worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Origin of jerkin

1
First recorded in 1510–20; origin uncertain

Words Nearby jerkin

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How to use jerkin in a sentence

  • His jerkin was trimmed with gold lace, which he gave to Sir Richard Pecksal, the high sheriff.

  • He was endued with a buff jerkin, wore a broad belt and cutlass by his side, and carried a halberd in his hand.

    Quentin Durward | Sir Walter Scott
  • And there, in the hour of her extremity, her eye fell upon a young man in the crowd beneath, a youth in a 'prentice's blue jerkin.

    Joan of the Sword Hand | S(amuel) R(utherford) Crockett
  • You will lay aside the princely scarlet, and don the curt hose and blue jerkin, even as now you stand.

    Joan of the Sword Hand | S(amuel) R(utherford) Crockett
  • And the gay Franconian reached up and pulled a stray tag of Boris's jerkin, which hung down his back.

    Joan of the Sword Hand | S(amuel) R(utherford) Crockett

British Dictionary definitions for jerkin

jerkin

/ (ˈdʒɜːkɪn) /


noun
  1. a sleeveless and collarless short jacket worn by men or women

  2. a man's sleeveless and collarless fitted jacket, often made of leather, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries

Origin of jerkin

1
C16: of unknown origin

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