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shell jacket

noun

  1. a close-fitting, semiformal jacket, with a short back, worn in the tropics in place of a tuxedo.


shell jacket

noun

  1. an army officer's waist-length mess jacket
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of shell jacket1

First recorded in 1830–40
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Example Sentences

As with warmer temperatures, enclose the entire system in a waterproof-breathable shell jacket and pants.

Luke Whelan, senior editorIn New Mexico’s dry climate, I’ve long preferred wearing one soft shell jacket instead of a midlayer plus a waterproof shell.

He wore a black shell jacket and a white shirt front which remained innocent of gravy spots.

His shell-jacket was as much too little for him as he was too big for the premises.

I made out the shell jacket, the waist and elongated limbs of a life-guardsman, the open bosom of an able seaman.

Lieutenant Doyle was the next witness summoned, and a more God-forsaken-looking fellow never sat in a shell jacket.

This specimen was dressed in simple and airy fashion in a single red shell jacket.

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