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What (who) is jerkin$41485$ - 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.
