An outer garment worn by men; usually of cloth, with sleeves.

A padded jacket or jerkin worn under armour for protection; (also) such a garment worn on its own. Also figurative. Cf. haqueton, n.

A short, padded, quilted jacket or tunic, with or without sleeves and usually made of (layers of) leather or canvas stuffed with linen, wool…

A stuffed jacket or jerkin worn under the mail; a jacket of leather or the like plated with mail: = acton, n.

‘A light coat of armour composed of splints or small plates of metal rivetted to each other or to a lining of some stout material’ (Fairholt).

coat of mail: a piece of defensive armour covering the upper part of the body, composed of a linen or leathern jacket, quilted with interlaced…

Any of a number of types of light plate armour of the 16th cent.; spec. a corselet consisting of a breastplate and a backplate, ornamented with…

a piece of armour for the trunk comprising a textile garment lined with small overlapping plates secured by rivets or a trellis of stitches; a…

= armour, n. (senses 1 2), coat of mail. rare.

= coat of mail at coat, n. 5. Obsolete. rare.

a piece of body armour consisting of a sleeveless jacket plated with iron; (also) a coat of mail.

A jacket designed for a particular function. A heavy reinforced jacket worn as protection against bullets, shrapnel, etc.

An anti-aircraft gun; also (the usual sense in English), anti-aircraft fire. Also attributive. So flak-happy adj. mentally affected by flak (cf. bomb…