flak jacket

American  

noun

1. U.S. Air Force. an armored garment made of steel plates covered by a padded fabric, designed to protect vital parts of the body from shrapnel.

2. a protective vest, especially one that is bulletproof.

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flak jacket British  

noun

1. a reinforced sleeveless jacket for protection against gunfire or shrapnel worn by soldiers, policemen, etc

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Etymology

Origin of flak jacket

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

While a U.S.-led coalition focused on airstrikes, several ground victories by Iraqi forces featured photographs of Soleimani leading them without a flak jacket.

From Seattle Times

Wearing a bluish flak jacket emblazoned with the word “Press,” she was recently in a Rafah refugee camp reporting on the lack of women’s sanitary products.

From Los Angeles Times

His office issued photos afterwards showing him in a helmet and flak jacket meeting soldiers and commanders.

From Reuters

Earlier Cameron, wearing a flak jacket, toured damaged buildings in Kibbutz Be'eri in southern Israel with his Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen, telling reporters he had "heard things and seen things that obviously I will never forget".

From Reuters

"I know what a kibbutz means for the Israelis," he said, after walking among destroyed homes and a kindergarten in the settlement near the border with Gaza, wearing a flak jacket with the European Union flag of yellow stars on a blue backdrop.

From Reuters