Norfolk jacket

American  

noun

1. a loosely belted single-breasted jacket, with box pleats in front and back.

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Norfolk jacket British  

noun

1. a man's single-breasted belted jacket with one or two chest pockets and a box pleat down the back

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Etymology

Origin of Norfolk jacket

1865–70; after Norfolk county in England

Example Sentences

On a positive note: he also pioneered the Norfolk jacket.

From The Guardian • Dec. 2, 2017

That mill-owner was a thickset, thick-spectacled young man worth about $20,000,000, who habitually wears straw-woven slippers and a beltless Norfolk jacket of 1917 vintage.

From Time Magazine Archive

Most evenings, wearing a rosy boutonniere in his grey Norfolk jacket, he sat down at the head of a long dining table in Johns Hopkins' Alumni Memorial Hall.

From Time Magazine Archive

Many of this fall's clothes for men and women will feature a British accent, with lots of strict tailoring: heathery tweeds for men, an elongated Norfolk jacket for women worn with a contrasting tweed skirt.

From Time Magazine Archive

He wore a new Stetson hat with a flat crown, a tan Norfolk jacket with a belt buckle of mother-of-pearl.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck