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pilot jacket

pilot jacket noun: a pea coat.

Noun

pilot jacket (plural pilot jackets)

  1. A pea coat.
    • The door was opened by an odd, swarthy, dried-up person of uncertain age, with a dark pilot jacket and brown leather gaiters.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC

Forms of pilot jacket

pluralpilot jackets

Origin of pilot jacket

So called because it was worn by seamen: pilots (helmsmen) and pilots (assistants to helmsmen).

Words formed from pilot jacket

  • pilot-jacketed

Questions about pilot jacket

What does pilot jacket mean?
Pilot jacket means a pea coat.
What part of speech is pilot jacket?
Pilot jacket is a noun.
What is the plural of pilot jacket?
The plural of pilot jacket is pilot jackets.

Words near pilot jacket in the dictionary

  1. pilot flames
  2. pilot flying
  3. pilot hole
  4. pilot holes
  5. pilot in command
  6. pilot jacket
  7. pilot jackets
  8. pilot lamp
  9. pilot lamps
  10. pilot light
  11. pilot lights

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