"half-jacket" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: half-jackets [plural]
Etymology: From half- + jacket. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|half|jacket}} 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. 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): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with half-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Clothing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with half-: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 Disambiguation of Clothing: 53 47

Inflected forms

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