jerkin
a close-fitting jacket or short coat, usually sleeveless, as one of leather worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Origin of 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.
Fox's Book of Martyrs | John FoxeHe 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 ScottAnd 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) CrockettYou 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) CrockettAnd 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
/ (ˈdʒɜːkɪn) /
a sleeveless and collarless short jacket worn by men or women
a man's sleeveless and collarless fitted jacket, often made of leather, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries
Origin of jerkin
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