Definition of Eton jacket

1. Noun. A jacket hanging to the waist and cut square at the bottom.

Generic synonyms: Jacket

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eton Jacket

Ethiopian monetary unit
Ethiopian wolf
Ethiopians
Ethiopic
Ethiops
Ethniu
Ethocaine
Ethrane
Ethril
Etienne-Louis Arthur Fallot
Etna
Etnean
Eton
Eton College
Eton collar
Eton jacket (current term)
Eton mess
Eton messes
Etonian
Etonians
Etropus
Etropus rimosus
Etruria
Etrurian
Etrurians
Etruscan
Etruscan bear
Etruscan bears
Etruscan shrew
Etruscans

Literary usage of Eton jacket

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Godey's Magazine by Louis Antoine Godey, Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (1896)
"Jacket effects are shown in wash fabrics, a cutaway or Eton jacket of openwork batiste or fancy lawn opening over a full front of the same ..."

2. Physical Efficiency; a Review of the Deleterious Effects of Town Life Upon by James Cantlie (1906)
"The public school that will introduce, as a " uniform," the Norfolk, in place of the Eton, jacket will thrive at the expense of its neighbours; ..."

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