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

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 Hammond, Natalie Harris

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 Fell, H. Granville

They see you in an Eton jacket once, and you're printed in it for ever.

From Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

A little boy was Kenyon Adams–a slim, great-eyed, serious faced, little boy in an Eton jacket and knickerbockers–not so much larger than his violin that he carried under his arm.

From In the Heart of a Fool by White, William Allen