polka jackets

Noun

polka jacket (plural polka jackets)

1. A tight-fitting knitted jacket worn by women. It was fashionable in the 19th century.
   • All the dresses were en suite, and consisted of a pair of very full trousers, joined together half way up the leg, a robe called a yebek, with tight sleeves, and either opening half-way down the chest and then buttoning to the waist, or closed from the throat; the skirt is divided into three parts...1862, Margaret Domville, “A visit to the hareem of Saïd Pacha”, in Once a Week

   Synonyms:

   polka