cork jacket

noun

An old-fashioned life jacket having thin pieces of cork enclosed within canvas.

Meanings

nouncork jacket (plural cork jackets)

plural cork jackets

  1. An old-fashioned life jacket having thin pieces of cork enclosed within canvas.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounlife preserver consisting of a sleeveless jacket of buoyant or inflatable design

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

cork jacket. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cork%20jacket

MLA

“cork jacket.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cork%20jacket. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cork jacket,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cork%20jacket.

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