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body jackets

body jackets is the plural of body jacket.

Meaning of body jacket

Noun

body jacket (plural body jackets)

  1. A form-fitting garment covering the upper body, with or without sleeves.
    • Young Grimaldi, in a white body jacket, plays off several antics at the end of the first act […]1824 May, “The Drama. Covent Garden and Drury Lane”, in The London Magazine, volume 9, page 367
  2. A rigid brace that fits around the torso (but does not cover the neck, arms or legs) to immobilize the spine, reduce curvature, etc.
    • For three months after the operation the patient remains recumbent in the original bent jacket. Then he is allowed to walk in a body jacket applied so as to produce a slight list of the trunk toward the convexity of the primary curve.1934 October, John T. Saunders, “Lateral Curvature of the Spine Should Be Treated”, in Southern Medicine & Surgery, volume 96, number 10, Charlotte, North Carolina, page 543

Questions about body jackets

What is body jackets the plural of?
Body jackets is the plural of body jacket.

Words near body jackets in the dictionary

  1. body images
  2. body in black
  3. body in white
  4. body integrity identity disorder
  5. body jacket
  6. body jackets
  7. body jar
  8. body jars
  9. body kit
  10. body kits
  11. body language

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