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jerkin

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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jer·kin /ˈdʒɜːkɪn $ -ɜːr-/ noun [countable]  DCCa short jacket that covers your body but not your arms, worn in the past 〔旧时的〕无袖外套,坎肩
Examples from the Corpus
jerkinOne was dressed in a dark blue jerkin and hose.Strap on your bodices, jerkins and breastplates.His jerkin was of red satin.A contemporary picture portrays Schmidt as a tall well-built man, full bearded, in jerkin and knee-length hose.Jenny, in a purple tweed skirt and a leather jerkin and black boots, stepped delicately inside.She tugged off his patterned trousers and the leather jerkin.Maeve ordered him to be stripped of his travel-stained jerkin and leggings.They flexed their claws on their medallions, up and down the zips of their jerkins.
jer·kin nounChineseSyllable
your arms, Corpus not a jacket short your covers that but body


jerkin
jerkin /ˈdʒɜːkən, ˈdʒɜːkɪn $ -ɜːr-/ noun [countable]
a short jacket that covers your body but not your arms, worn in the past


jer·kinBrE /ˈdʒɜːkɪn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdʒɜːrkɪn/ 🔊 nouna short jacket without sleeves, especially one worn by men in the past (尤指旧时男子穿的)坎肩