Norfolk jacket

noun

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

Norfolk jacket

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Norfolk jacket¹

1865–70; after Norfolk county in England

Word History and Origins

Origin of Norfolk jacket¹

C19: worn in _Norfolk for duck shooting

Example Sentences

If he was a Hasid, he had exchanged his fur shtreimel for a deerstalker cap and traded in his somber frock coat for a green Norfolk jacket.

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He would wear a stiff Norfolk jacket and a round white collar.

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The jacket was modeled on the Norfolk jacket, a casual wool piece for English country wear, but made of lightweight beige or khaki cotton for comfort in the heat.

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

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He walked straight across to it, picked an apple, and put it in the breast pocket of his Norfolk jacket.

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