British warm

American  

noun

1. a double-breasted overcoat of military cut.

---

British warm British  

noun

1. an army officer's short thick overcoat

---

Example Sentences

I lent him a blanket and my British warm, and he settled himself contentedly on the ground, refusing to occupy either camp-bed.

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

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

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

Must have been winter, because I was wearing my British warm with the fur collar.

From Mr. Waddington of Wyck by Sinclair, May

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