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

The boy wore an Eton jacket and collar and a tall hat—and it looked quite strange in this place.

From Man and Maid by Glyn, Elinor

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

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

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