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  • noun A short coat or jacket.
  • noun A short bullet jacket which leaves some of the bullet in contact with the bore.

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Examples

  • A plastron is also part of the uniform for sport fencing; it is a sort of half-jacket that goes on the sword arm underneath the normal jacket and adds protection to an area often in peril. en garde!

    How Many Ways? - A Dress A Day 2007

  • That's what the Asian Oscar Wilde with the cowprint Michael Jackson half-jacket is screaming.

    Iron Chef: Battle Souplantation??? e d b m 2006

  • They strip to the waist, put on a loose half-shirt half-jacket of cotton stuff, then a heavily padded half-jerkin that covers them completely from chin to knee.

    Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View Price Collier 1886

  • We also carry our gear in the half-jacket, half-satchel RuckJack, entertain our guests with the Albertini Cheese Knife Set, and take a ride in the Aston Martin One-77.

    Gizmodo 2009

  • After a tee shot on the first hole that sailed miles left, Tiger opted to take the half-jacket off before swinging the club the rest of the day.

    unknown title 2009

  • Also, all I'm wearing is this dickie, pearls, and half-jacket.

    The Comics Curmudgeon 2009

  • After a tee shot on the first hole that sailed miles left, Tiger opted to take the half-jacket off before swinging the club the rest of the day.

    unknown title 2009

  • Also, all I'm wearing is this dickie, pearls, and half-jacket.

    The Comics Curmudgeon 2009

  • I put on my black skinny-leg jeans, a pink shirt and a blue jean half-jacket.

    seMissourian.com Headlines 2008

  • Also taken was a pair of Oakley half-jacket sunglasses (serial number

    WTVC NewsChannel 9: Chattanooga News, Weather, Radar, Sports, Lottery : News 2010

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