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

I have plenty besides, and so I gave it to her, and my little Eton jacket, and I told her she would certainly have every cent we owed her, and she seemed very happy.

From The Debtor A Novel by Stevens, William Dodge

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

So she wore a light gray liberty silk gown of walking length, with a pretty white muslin waist, and an Eton jacket.

From A Reconstructed Marriage by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

I must confess to having appeared on the stage in an Eton jacket and collar at the age of twenty-four, as the schoolboy in Peril.

From The Days Before Yesterday by Hamilton, Frederick Spencer, Lord