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jerkin

[ jur-kin ]

noun

  1. a close-fitting jacket or short coat, usually sleeveless, as one of leather worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.


jerkin

/ ˈdʒɜːkɪn /

noun

  1. a sleeveless and collarless short jacket worn by men or women
  2. a man's sleeveless and collarless fitted jacket, often made of leather, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of jerkin1

First recorded in 1510–20; origin uncertain
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Word History and Origins

Origin of jerkin1

C16: of unknown origin
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Example Sentences

His jerkin was trimmed with gold lace, which he gave to Sir Richard Pecksal, the high sheriff.

He was endued with a buff jerkin, wore a broad belt and cutlass by his side, and carried a halberd in his hand.

And there, in the hour of her extremity, her eye fell upon a young man in the crowd beneath, a youth in a 'prentice's blue jerkin.

You will lay aside the princely scarlet, and don the curt hose and blue jerkin, even as now you stand.

And the gay Franconian reached up and pulled a stray tag of Boris's jerkin, which hung down his back.

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