Norfolk jacket


noun

a loosely belted single-breasted jacket, with box pleats in front and back.
Also called Norfolk coat.

Origin of Norfolk jacket

1865–70; after Norfolk county in England

British Dictionary definitions for norfolk jacket

Norfolk jacket

noun

a man's single-breasted belted jacket with one or two chest pockets and a box pleat down the back

Word Origin for Norfolk jacket

C19: worn in Norfolk for duck shooting