sack coat

noun

1. a short coat or jacket with a straight back and no seam at the waist.

Other Word Forms

• sack-coated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of sack coat¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

In their place, Browne showed classic shapes, including raglan jackets, sack coats, capes, cardigans, wrap trousers, and zip-front dresses.

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Tommy approached and lifted the skirt of the black sack coat gingerly, critically.

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Then he took his pistols from a chair by the window, putting one in each pocket of his loose sack coat.

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“It’s most unfortunate!” murmured the gallant man with the silk hat and sack coat.

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At first the appearance of our uniforms aroused much curiosity; our tightly fitting blouses were quite different from the British sack coats, and few people in London, in fact, knew who we were.

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