Eton jacket

American  

noun

1. a boy's black waist-length jacket with wide lapels and an open front, as worn by students at Eton College.

2. a similar short jacket worn by women.

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Eton jacket British  

noun

1. a waist-length jacket with a V-shaped back, open in front, formerly worn by pupils of Eton College

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Etymology

Origin of Eton jacket

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

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Eton jacket

A complete absence of tail is the salient feature of the Eton jacket.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lancelot in his Eton jacket took on an air of precocious, meditative wisdom infinitely diverting to a man who reflects upon boys—and, no doubt, infinitely provocative.

From Love and Lucy by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

The boy wore an Eton jacket and collar and a tall hat—and it looked quite strange in this place.

From Man and Maid by Glyn, Elinor

They see you in an Eton jacket once, and you're printed in it for ever.

From Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

His jacket was a short roundabout, something like an Eton jacket, and his shirt was soft and frilled.

From The Boy Scouts in Front of Warsaw by Durston, George