Norfolk jacket

Norfolk jacket
Golfing costume consisting of Norfolk jacket and knickerbockers. Detail of a fashion plate from the Sartorial Arts Journal, New York, 1901

A Norfolk jacket is a loose, belted, single-breasted jacket with box pleats on the back and front, with a belt or half-belt. The style was long popular for boys' jackets and suits, and is still used in some (primarily military and police) uniforms. It was originally designed as a shooting coat that did not bind when the elbow was raised to fire. It was named either after the Duke of Norfolk or after the county of Norfolk and was made fashionable after the 1860s in the sporting circle of the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII, whose country residence was Sandringham House in Norfolk.

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  • Norfolk jacket — A kind of loose fitting plaited jacket, having a loose belt. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Norfolk jacket — or Norfolk coat n. a loosefitting, single breasted, belted jacket with a pocket on each side and box pleats in front and back …   English World dictionary

  • Norfolk jacket — a loosely belted single breasted jacket, with box pleats in front and back. Also called Norfolk coat. [1865 70; after NORFOLK county in England] * * * …   Universalium

  • Norfolk jacket — noun Etymology: Norfolk, England Date: 1866 a loose fitting belted single breasted jacket with box pleats …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Norfolk jacket — Nor′folk jack et n. clo a loosely belted single breasted jacket with box pleats in front and back • Etymology: 1865–70; after Norfolk, county in England …   From formal English to slang

  • Norfolk jacket — n. a man s loose belted jacket, with box pleats. Etymology: Norfolk in S. England …   Useful english dictionary

  • Norfolk jacket — noun a loose belted jacket with box pleats, typically made of tweed …   English new terms dictionary

  • Norfolk jacket — /ˈnɔfək dʒækət/ (say nawfuhk jakuht) noun a loosely belted single breasted jacket, with box pleat at front and back …  

  • Norfolk (disambiguation) — Norfolk is a county in England. Norfolk may also refer to: Contents 1 Place 2 Transportation 3 Animals …   Wikipedia

  • Norfolk coat — Norfolk jacket or Norfolk coat, a loose fitting, single breasted jacket with a belt and box pleats in front and back. ╂[< Norfolk, England] …   Useful english dictionary

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