sack coat

American  

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• sack-coated adjective

Etymology

Origin of sack coat

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.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

In the background stands a self-important eagle arrayed in the Napoleonic uniform and a biped lion dressed in a sack coat and an air of conscious superiority.

From Project Gutenberg