"half-jacket" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: half-jackets [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English half- Old French jaque Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French jacquetbor. English jacket English half-jacket From half- + jacket. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|half-|jacket|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English half- Old French jaque Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French jacquetbor. English jacket English half-jacket [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "jaque", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "fro" }, { "id" : "diminutive", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "diminutive", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal adjectives", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-tos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "-ittus", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-et", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "jacquet", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "jacket", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "half-jacket", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="half-jacket"> From half- + jacket. Head templates: {{en-noun}} half-jacket (plural half-jackets)
  1. A short coat or jacket.
    Sense id: en-half-jacket-en-noun-N6lSpLCF Categories (other): Clothing Disambiguation of Clothing: 53 47
  2. (firearms) A short bullet jacket which leaves some of the bullet in contact with the bore.
    Sense id: en-half-jacket-en-noun-VHOlrKiY Categories (other): Firearms, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with half-, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Clothing Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 12 88 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 13 87 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 13 87 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 12 88 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with half-: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 6 94 Disambiguation of Clothing: 53 47 Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry

Inflected forms

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