pilot jacket

noun

A pea coat.

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Meanings

nounpilot jacket (plural pilot jackets)

plural pilot jackets

  1. A pea coat.

    The door was opened by an odd, swarthy, dried-up person of uncertain age, with a dark pilot jacket and brown leather gaiters.

    1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC

Origin

So called because it was worn by seamen: pilots (helmsmen) and pilots (assistants to helmsmen).

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APA

pilot jacket. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pilot%20jacket

MLA

“pilot jacket.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pilot%20jacket. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pilot jacket,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pilot%20jacket.

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