battle jacket

American  

noun

1. U.S. Military.  a close-fitting waist-length woolen jacket with snugly fitting cuffs and waist, formerly worn as part of the service uniform.

2. any of various adaptations of this jacket in men's and women's sportswear.

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Example Sentences

Here are five of the best acts worth seeing as you sweat through your long-retired battle jacket.

From Los Angeles Times

To play up the twin threats of heavily armed civilians and rising nationalism, Melania cosplayed in a militia-chic battle jacket for her 2020 RNC speech.

From Slate

He says, "Owning a battle jacket to me means I like to wear my interests and influences and for it to be known that I'm part of the metal community... It has a tribal element and quality to wearing it and it shows that I belong to a particular lifestyle."

From BBC

Yet he says he has always felt unable to wear a battle jacket, the name for leather or denim jackets decorated with patches and stencils that often have their sleeves removed.

From BBC

It was his curiosity about the battle jacket's place in metal culture that led Giannopoulos to start his project.

From BBC