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 saw him in his little Eton jacket and broad turned-down collar, his sweet young face fresh as the morning.

From A Woman's Part in a Revolution by Natalie Harris Hammond

Josselin was sitting alone on a bench, thoughtful, with his hand in the inner breast pocket of his Eton jacket.

From The Martian by George Du Maurier

You might cut it in latitude and turn it into an Eton jacket and a kilt, neither of much use to a Gallo-Roman beggar.

From First and Last by Hilaire Belloc

But with her help Harry managed to wriggle quietly out of his sleeves, so that the dragon had only an Eton jacket in his other claw.

From The Book of Dragons by H. Granville Fell