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Jacket

A man wearing a sports jacket.

A jacket is a garment for the upper body, usually extending below the hips.[1] A jacket typically has sleeves and fastens in the front or slightly on the side. A jacket is generally lighter, tighter-fitting, and less insulating than a coat, which is outerwear. Some jackets are fashionable, while others serve as protective clothing. Jackets without sleeves are vests.

Etymology

The word jacket comes from the French word jaquette. The term comes from the Middle French noun jaquet, which refers to a small or lightweight tunic.[2] In Modern French, jaquette is synonymous with jacket. Speakers of American English sometimes informally use the words jacket and coat interchangeably.[3] The word is cognate with Spanish jaco and Italian giacca or giacchetta, first recorded around 1350s. It is ultimately loaned from Arabic shakk (شكّ), which in turn loaned from Aramean/Assyrian and Hebrew shaḳḳ (שַׁקּ).[4]

List of jackets

British jacket, ca. 1600–1625, linen, silk, wool. Metropolitan Museum of Art.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Picken, Mary Brooks (1999) [1957]. A Dictionary of Costume and Fashion. Dover Publications. p. 185. ISBN 978-0-486-40294-9.
  2. ^ Harper, Douglas. "jacket". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 2011-09-07.
  3. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 1971
  4. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan. "ceket (jacket) - Nişanyan Sözlük". Nişanyan Sözlük. Nişanyan Sözlük. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Jacket, British, 1600–1625". Metropolitan Museum of Art website.
  6. ^ "The Eton Suit". Archived from the original on 2008-07-23. Retrieved 2008-03-22.
  7. ^ "40 Cool and Awesome Inventions You Should Know About". 31 December 2018. Archived from the original on 2021-02-14.

External links

Media related to Jackets at Wikimedia Commons