reefer jacket

English

Noun

reefer jacket (plural reefer jackets)

1. A thick double-breasted jacket.
   • 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 59:

     My great-uncle in a reefer-jacket, and looking like an old sea-captain with his white beard flying, was putting his whole heart and soul into the wheezey old harmonium [...].

Synonyms

• pea coat

Derived terms

• reefer-jacketed

Translations

type of jacket — see pea coat