Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A hooded outer garment worn in the Arctic, made from animal skin and constructed with the fur on the inside, originally designed as a pullover but now usually closing in front.
  • noun A coat or jacket with a hood and usually a warm lining for cold-weather wear.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A curious fossil from the Old Red Sandstone of Scotland and England.
  • noun A coat, sack, or other outer garment made of bird-skins sewed together with the feathers on the inside, worn by the Aleuts.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun An outer garment made of the skins of birds or mammals, worn by Eskimos, etc.
  • noun A coat with a fur lining and a hood, used for protection in very cold weather.
  • noun Any of a variety of jackets with attached hoods, usually of very warm or waterproof construction so as to provide protection from cold or rainy weather.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A long jacket with a hood which protects the wearer against rain and wind.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term)

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Alaskan Russian, pelt, ultimately of Nenets origin.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Aleut parka, from Russian парка (párka).

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Examples

  • The hood of her squirrel-skin parka was tossed back, revealing the cameo-like oval of her face outlined against her heavily-massed hair.

    THE RACE FOR NUMBER ONE 2010

  • Made of pile fleece, the parka is lined with 200 grams of Thinsulate in the torso, 100 grams in the sleeves, and 60 in the hood.

    Cold Fronts 2009

  • The hood of her squirrel-skin parka was about her hair, and well drawn up around her throat; but her hands were unmittened and nimbly at work with needle and sinew, completing the last fantastic design on a belt of leather faced with bright scarlet cloth.

    KEESH, SON OF KEESH 2010

  • Then the light was parted by a fur-clad figure, and an Indian girl slipped out of the webs, threw back the hood of her squirrel-skin parka, and stood in their midst.

    WHERE THE TRAIL FORKS 2010

  • Ere her eyes closed for the last time she took my hand and slipped it under her squirrel-skin parka to her waist.

    GRIT OF WOMEN 2010

  • The hood of her squirrel-skin parka was tossed back, revealing the cameo-like oval of her face outlined against her heavily-massed hair.

    THE RACE FOR NUMBER THREE 1993

  • The hood of her squirrelskin parka was about her hair and well drawn up around her throat; but her hands were unmittened and nimbly at work with needle and sinew, completing the last fantastic design on a belt of leather faced with bright, scarlet cloth.

    Keesh, The Son of Keesh 1902

  • The hood of her squirrel-skin parka was about her hair, and well drawn up around her throat; but her hands were unmittened and nimbly at work with needle and sinew, completing the last fantastic design on a belt of leather faced with bright scarlet cloth.

    Keesh, Son of Keesh 1902

  • Then the light was parted by a fur-clad figure, and an Indian girl slipped out of the webs, threw back the hood of her squirrel-skin parka, and stood in their midst.

    Where the Trail Forks 1901

  • Ere her eyes closed for the last time she took my hand and slipped it under her squirrel-skin parka to her waist.

    Grit of Women 1901

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