lumber jacket

American  

noun

1. a short, straight, wool plaid jacket or coat, for informal wear, usually belted and having patch pockets.

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Etymology

Origin of lumber jacket

An Americanism dating back to 1935–45

Example Sentences

Pete wore his usual plaid lumber jacket and flat brown newsboy cap.

From The New Yorker

Mrs. Reilly saw again the horrible, coffee-stained lumber jacket that she had always secretly wanted to give to the Volunteers of America along with several other pieces of Ignatius’ favorite clothing.

From Literature

I took a lot of pictures of him and there's one where he's wearing my lumber jacket and I just knew he was going to make it.

From The Guardian

His companion, much younger, might have been a country boy for he wore a lumber jacket, corduroy pants, and heavy shoes caked with mud.

From Project Gutenberg

His little frame seemed lost in the broad-shouldered lumber jacket that he wore.

From Project Gutenberg