British warm

American  

noun

1. a double-breasted overcoat of military cut.

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British warm British  

noun

1. an army officer's short thick overcoat

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Example Sentences

One subaltern who, in spite of the Prepare for Attack notification, had put on pyjamas, was left with exactly what he stood up in—viz., pyjamas, British warm, and gum-boots.

From Pushed and the Return Push by Nichols, George Herbert Fosdike

Then he looked sadly at my soiled tunic and my British warm and asked if I had carried them far.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 5, 1919 by Various

The South African pulled a British warm off the vacant seat and reached out for the suit-case.

From Simon Called Peter by Keable, Robert

Slipping a British warm over my blue silk pyjamas—mother always made me wear pale blue—I went on deck.

From Tell England A Study in a Generation by Raymond, Ernest

Wrapping my knees in my British warm, I disposed myself to rest.

From Tell England A Study in a Generation by Raymond, Ernest