What does mess jacket mean?

mess jacket means "waist-length jacket tapering to a point at the back; worn by officers in the mess for formal dinners".

What is another word for mess jacket?

Close synonyms include monkey jacket, shell jacket. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mess jacket a common word?

mess jacket is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

mess jacket — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
waist-length jacket tapering to a point at the back; worn by officers in the mess for formal dinners
Synonymsmonkey jacket shell jacket
Broaderjacket

Questions about mess jacket

What does mess jacket mean?: mess jacket means "waist-length jacket tapering to a point at the back; worn by officers in the mess for formal dinners".
What is another word for mess jacket?: Close synonyms include monkey jacket, shell jacket. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is mess jacket a common word?

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