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

Not having been in the Army long enough to have lost all sense of shame, Chardenal began by trying to hide his cases under his British warm.

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

I thought bitterly of my field boots, and the British warm I was beginning to want, and the new jacket and breeches, all in my valise.

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

A patch of oil came floating to the surface, accompanied by my breeches and British warm.

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

When I left her, Celia had two photographs, a British warm and an accidental coffee-stain, by which to remember me.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 17, 1917 by Various