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Definition of Raglan
1. Noun. A garment (coat or sweater) that has raglan sleeves.
Definition of Raglan
1. n. A loose overcoat with large sleeves; -- named from Lord Raglan, an English general.
Definition of Raglan
1. Adjective. (''Of a sleeve'') Continuing in one piece up to the neck of a garment, without a shoulder seam. ¹
2. Adjective. (''Of a garment'') Having sleeves of this type. ¹
3. Noun. An overcoat with sleeves of this type. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Raglan
1. a type of overcoat [n -S] - See also: overcoat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Raglan
Literary usage of Raglan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Great Britain: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1890)
"«raglan Castle (adm. Gtf.), now a picturesque ruin, was built in the 14-loth
cent., and in 1646 was gallantly defended against the Parliamentarians for 10 ..."
2. Biographical Sketches by Harriet Martineau (1869)
"LORD raglan. SEVEN MONTHS BEFORE HIS DEATH. THE elevation of Lord raglan to the
rank of Field- Marshal interests us all, through his past career as well as ..."
3. Biographical Sketches by Harriet Martineau (1869)
"LORD raglan. SEVEN MONTHS BEFORE HIS DEATH. elevation of Lord raglan to the rank
of Field- Marshal interests us all, through his past career as well as his ..."
4. The Imperial Island: England's Chronicle in Stone by James Frothingham Hunnewell (1886)
"... raglan Castle1 justly has the reputation of being surpassed in interest and
picturesqueness by no other structure of its class in England. ..."
5. The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV., King by Charles Greville (1903)
"... Campaign—Anecdotes of Lord raglan —The Russian Defence - Trade with the
Enemy--Anecdote of Nesselrode—John Bright's Opinion of the War—Defence of ..."
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