[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.
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Jerkin
//ˈd͡ʒɜː.kɪn//
Synonyms for "jerkin" (3 found)
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15 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- късо яке без ръкави noun (a sleeveless jacket, usually leather)
Czech
1 entries- vesta noun (close-fitting collarless jacket, with or without sleeves)
French
1 entries- justaucorps noun (close-fitting collarless jacket, with or without sleeves)
German
4 entries- Jacke noun (close-fitting collarless jacket, with or without sleeves)
- Lederwams noun (a sleeveless jacket, usually leather)
- Lederweste noun (a sleeveless jacket, usually leather)
- Wams noun (close-fitting collarless jacket, with or without sleeves)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Jak noun (close-fitting collarless jacket, with or without sleeves)
Polish
3 entries- bezrękawnik noun (a sleeveless jacket, usually leather)
- kamizelka noun (a sleeveless jacket, usually leather)
- serdak noun (a sleeveless jacket, usually leather)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- còta-geàrr noun (a sleeveless jacket, usually leather)
Spanish
1 entries- chaleco noun (close-fitting collarless jacket, with or without sleeves)
Swedish
2 entries- jacka noun (close-fitting collarless jacket, with or without sleeves)
- tröja noun (close-fitting collarless jacket, with or without sleeves)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
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.
Source: wiktionary
I booked a room at the small hotel and deposited my luggage there. I bought myself strong boots, a pair of breeches, a jerkin, and a couple of shirts. Then I turned my back upon the town and climbed.
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