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Jerkin

//ˈd͡ʒɜː.kɪn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A type of men's garment popular in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: a close-fitting collarless jacket, with or without sleeves. historical

    "[T]wenty yeomen, two and two, / In hosen black, and jerkins blue, / With falcons broider'd on each breast, / Attended on their lord's behest."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of gyrkin. alt-of, alternative
  3. 3
    a tight sleeveless and collarless jacket (often made of leather) worn by men in former times wordnet
  4. 4
    A sleeveless jacket, usually leather; a long waistcoat.

    "A tall and very good-looking kid in a jerkin came out of the store and rode the coupé off around the corner and came back walking, his glistening black hair plastered with rain."

Etymology

First recorded in early 1500s. Possibly related to Dutch jurk (“dress”), itself of unknown origin and not attested before the 17th century. Derivation from Old French jo(u)rne (“day”) has been suggested.

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