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

He had turned up the collar of his British warm.

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

"Well, anyhow, no one could tell that this was once a British warm."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 17, 1920 by Various

I doffed my British warm and returned to the job.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 19, 1919 by Various

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

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

I hardly ever feel cold, but now my blood seemed to be getting thin, and I astonished my staff by putting on a British warm and buttoning up the collar.

From Mr. Standfast by Buchan, John