jacket
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jacket mackinaw
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
jacket/ˈʤakɪt/
▶noun
- 1 an outer garment extending to the waist or hips, with sleeves and a fastening down the front.
- 2 an outer covering placed around something for protection or insulation.
■ the dust jacket of a book.
■ a record sleeve.
- 3 Brit. the skin of a potato.
- 4 US a folder or envelope containing an official document or file.
- 5 a steel frame fixed to the seabed to support an oil production platform.
– derivatives
-jacketed adjective.
-jacketed adjective.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mackinaw /ˈmakɪnɔː/ (also mackinaw coat or jacket)
▶noun N. Amer. a short coat or jacket made of a thick, heavy woollen cloth.
– origin C19: named after Mackinaw City, Michigan.
'jacket' also found in these Oxford entries:
anorak
- Barbour
- bedjacket
- blazer
- blouse
- blouson
- body warmer
- bolero
- bomber jacket
- buoyancy aid
- bush jacket
- Buttons
- cagoule
- coat
- coat of mail
- costume
- cut
- cutaway
- dinner jacket
- dinner suit
- DJ
- donkey jacket
- double-breasted
- doublet
- dress shirt
- dust cover
- dust jacket
- emphasize
- Eton collar
- Eton jacket
- facing
- flak jacket
- flying jacket
- gi
- gilet
- hacking jacket
- hoody
- jacket potato
- jerkin
- jumper
- lapel
- life jacket
- life preserver
- mackinaw
- Mae West
- mandarin jacket
- Mao
- mess jacket
- monkey jacket
