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What (who) is jerkin - definition
MEN'S JACKET, OFTEN SLEEVELESS, AND FREQUENTLY OF LEATHER, WORN OVER THE DOUBLET IN THE 16TH CENTURY
Jerkin (garment)
![Jerkin worn by a British soldier at the [[Battle of the Somme]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Picture of jerkin.jpg?width=200 "Jerkin worn by a British soldier at the [[Battle of the Somme]]")
![[[Martin Frobisher]] wears his jerkin closed at the neck and open below, 1570s.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Martin Frobisher by Ketel.jpg?width=200 "[[Martin Frobisher]] wears his jerkin closed at the neck and open below, 1570s.")
![[[Sir Walter Raleigh]] wears his jerkin closed at the waist, 1602. His son wears a similar garment.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WalterRaleighandson.jpg?width=200 "[[Sir Walter Raleigh]] wears his jerkin closed at the waist, 1602. His son wears a similar garment.")
![Guardsman's buff jerkin worn with a sash, c. 1639, from a painting by [[Frans Hals]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/St_george_civic_guard_hals.jpg?width=200 "Guardsman's buff jerkin worn with a sash, c. 1639, from a painting by [[Frans Hals]].")
jerkin
(jerkins)
A jerkin is a sleeveless jacket worn by men or women. (OLD-FASHIONED)
N-COUNT
Jerkin
·noun A male gyrfalcon.
II. Jerkin ·noun A jacket or short coat; a close waistcoat.
jerkin
n.
Jacket, short coat.
Wikipedia
Jerkin
A jerkin is a man's short close-fitting jacket, made usually of light-coloured leather, and often without sleeves, worn over the doublet in the 16th and 17th centuries. The term is also applied to a similar sleeveless garment worn by the British Army in the 20th century. A buff jerkin is an oiled oxhide jerkin, as worn by soldiers.
The origin of the word is unknown. The Dutch word jurk, a dress, often taken as the source, is modern, and represents neither the sound nor the sense of the English word.
Examples of use of jerkin
1. Now, they cannot cross a road without donning a sleeveless yellow Day–Glo jerkin.
2. Cheapness is one consideration and health and safety is doubtless the explanation for the embarrassing Day–Glo jerkin.
3. "Tip" O‘Neill called him "Hannibal Jerkin." After the White House, Jordan headed the Association of Tennis Professionals and was a marketing executive for Whittle Communications.
4. The belief that your whole life is going to be transformed by a pogo stick and a suede–effect waistcoat can survive almost anything, even the delivery of that sad cheap jerkin in a flat grey plastic bag that smelt of Eastern Europe.