green jerkin

noun

A person who wears a green jerkin, a type of close-fitting, sleeveless jacket worn during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

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Meanings

noungreen jerkin (countable and uncountable, plural green jerkins)

plural green jerkins

  1. countablehistoricalobsoleteuncountableA person who wears a green jerkin, a type of close-fitting, sleeveless jacket worn during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
  2. countableobsoleteuncountableA forester.
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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