mess jacket

noun

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

• Syn: ↑monkey jacket, ↑shell jacket

• Hypernyms: ↑jacket

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noun

: a man's semiformal tailless jacket for social or service wear, reaching just below the waistline, and worn open at the front with a vest or cummerbund — called also monkey jacket, shell jacket

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a short, tailless jacket extending to just below the waist, used for semiformal military occasions and now esp. as part of the uniform of waiters, bellhops, etc.

[1890-95]

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mess jacket noun

A waist-length jacket worn by officers at a formal mess dinner

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Main Entry: ↑mess

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mess jacket,

a man's short, usually white jacket, open in front and reacng to the waist, worn especially by military and naval officers as part of a semiformal dress uniform.

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n. a short jacket worn by a military officer on formal occasions

■ a similar jacket worn as part of a waiter's or bellhop's uniform