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Double-breasted jacket   /dˈəbəl-brˈɛstəd dʒˈækət/   Listen
Double-breasted jacket

noun
1.
A jacket having fronts that overlap enough for two separate rows of buttons.





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"Double-breasted jacket" Quotes from Famous Books



... deprivations, induced inevitably deterioration in matters of dress. With it the sack-coat, or pilot-jacket, burrowed its way in, the cut and insignia of these showing many variations. The undergraduates at the Academy in my day had for all uses a double-breasted jacket; but it was worn buttoned, or not, at choice. On the rolling collar a gold foul anchor—an anchor with a rope cable twined round it—was prescribed; but, while a standard embroidered pattern was supplied ...
— From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life • Captain A. T. Mahan


Words linked to "Double-breasted jacket" :   jacket, double-breasted suit


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