Jacket
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This article is about the garment. For other uses, see Jacket (disambiguation).
A jacket is a type of clothing that covers the upper body, usually extending below the waist. Jackets typically have sleeves, and are open down the front, closing by means of buttons, zippers, hook-and-loop fasteners, toggles, a belt, or a combination of some of these. Other possible features include collars, shoulder straps and hoods.
Jackets are one of the oldest forms of clothing, as evidenced by the hallstatt culture glacial mummy known as รtzi. He was wearing a goatskin jacket that was sewn together from several pieces, with a fur collar and leather patches on the shoulders and elbows. Jackets can be worn for protection from the weather, as a fashion item, or as a uniform.
A man wearing a sports jacket.
British jacket, ca. 1600-1625, linen, silk, wool. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Etymology
The word jacket, which means a short garment for the upper body, has its origin in the French language. The French word jaquette, which has the same meaning as jacket, is derived from a smaller word, jaquet. Jaquet was a Middle French word that was used in the 14th and 15th centuries to describe a short coat with sleeves, often worn by men as a protective or defensive layer over a shirt or tunic. Jaquet was also a diminutive form of jaque, another Middle French word that referred to a kind of tunic worn by peasants. The name Jaques was a common name for a peasant in France, and it may have influenced the word jaquet. Alternatively, jaquet may have been related to jaque de mailles, a term for a short, tight-fitting coat of mail, which was made of metal rings or plates. Jaque de mailles came from the Spanish word jaco, which in turn came from the Arabic word shakk. Shakk meant breastplate, and it was borrowed from the Aramean/Assyrian and Hebrew word shaแธณแธณ, which meant sackcloth or coarse cloth. Shaแธณแธณ also gave rise to the English word sack, which means a large bag.
List of jackets
- Heated Jackets
- Atilla, a fancy Hungarian shell-jacket or short coat, decorated with braided cord and knots
- Ball jacket, often specified as a baseball jacket or football jacket, a casual jacket with knitted cuffs, collar, and waistband and a zippered front
- Bed jacket, a jacket made from lightweight material designed to be worn in bed
- Blazer, similar to but more casual than a suit jacket; single- or double-breasted of sturdy material, commonly with metal buttons.
- Blouson, a military-style waist-length jacket.
- Bolero, a very short jacket for everyone, originally worn by matadors
- Bomber jacket, a blouson originally designed for US aircrews in leather or nylon.
- Brunswick, a two-piece woman's gown of the mid-eighteenth century.
- Caraco, a woman's jacket of the 18th century.
- Cardigan, a sweater worn like a jacket.
- Chef's jacket,
- Chore jacket, or chore coat, a jacket made of denim or other robust cloth, with large front pockets, originally a piece of workwear
- Dinner jacket, part of the black-tie dress code of evening formal wear. Also known as a Dinner suit and a Tuxedo.
- Donkey jacket
- Doublet (clothing)
- Down jacket, a quilted jacket filled with down feathers
- Eisenhower jacket, a waist-length, fitted, military-inspired jacket with a waistband based on the World War II British Army's Battle Dress jacket introduced by General Dwight Eisenhower
- Field jacket, a jacket that is worn by soldiers on the battlefield or doing duties in cold weather. The field jacket came about during World War II with the US Army introducing the M-1941 and the M-1943
- Flak jacket, 20th century armoured vest
- Fleece jacket, a casual jacket made of synthetic wool such as Polar Fleece
- Flight jacket, also known as a bomber jacket
- Gilet, a sleeveless jacket or vest.
- Hacking jacket
- Harrington jacket, a lightweight waist-length jacket
- Hoodie, a zippered hooded sweatshirt (non zippered can be considered a sweatshirt only)
- Jean jacket or denim jacket, a jacket falling slightly below the waist, usually of denim, with buttoned band cuffs like a shirt and a waistband that can be adjusted by means of buttons. Also called Levi's jacket (see Levi's)
- Jerkin
- Kilt jacket, one of several styles of traditionalScottish jacket worn with the kilt, including the Argyll jacket, the Prince Charlie jacket, and a type of tweed jacket
- Leather jacket, also known as a motorcycle jacket
- Letter jacket also known as a letterman or varsity jacket
- Mackinaw jacket
- Mess jacket or eton jacket, similar to a tailcoat but cut off just below the waist. Worn as part of mess dress and formerly as the school uniform of boys under 5'4" at Eton College until 1976 and at many other English schools, particularly choir schools
- Motorcycle jacket, a leather jacket, usually black, worn by motorcycle riders; originally to mid-thigh, now usually to a fitted waist
- Nehru jacket
- Norfolk jacket
- Parka
- Peplum jacket, a jacket featuring a short overskirt
- Puffer jacket or Puffa jacket, a type of padded jacket popular in the 1990s
- Rain jacket, a shortrain coat
- Reefing jacket or reefer, a type ofpea coat
See also
A gallery of various types of jackets
References
- Picken, Mary Brooks (1999) [1957]. A Dictionary of Costume and Fashion. Dover Publications. p. 185. ISBN 978-0-486-40294-9.
- Harper, Douglas. "jacket". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 2011-09-07.
- Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 1971
- Nishanyan, Sevan. "ceket (jacket) - Nishanyan Soezluek". Nishanyan Soezluek. Nishanian Soezluec. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- "Jacket, British, 1600-1625". Metropolitan Museum of Art website.
- "The Eton Suit". Archived from the original on 2008-07-23. Retrieved 2008-03-22.
- "40 Cool and Awesome Inventions You Should Know About". 31 December 2018. Archived from the original on 2021-02-14.
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