Noun

(en noun)

A sleeveless dress, often similar to an apron, generally worn over other clothes. Most often worn by young girls as an overdress.

* {{quote-book

, year = 1967 , first = Barbara , last = Sleigh , authorlink = Barbara Sleigh , title = (Jessamy) , edition = 1993 , location = Sevenoaks, Kent , publisher=Bloomsbury , isbn = 0 340 19547 9 , page = 55 , url = , passage = The starched pinafore with the wide frills on each shoulder, which she always wore over her grey frock, was removed, and the frock itself changed for her best navy blue serge. }}

* {{quote-book

, year = 1967 , first = Barbara , last = Sleigh , authorlink = Barbara Sleigh , title = (Jessamy) , edition = 1993 , location = Sevenoaks, Kent , publisher=Bloomsbury , isbn = 0 340 19547 9 , page = 84 , url = , passage = The old man heaved himself from the chair, seized Jessamy by her pinafore frill and marched her to the house. }}

Noun

(en noun)

A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.

A piece of a person's suit, beside trousers and, sometimes, waistcoat ; coat (US)

A removable or replaceable protective or insulating cover for an object (eg a book, hot water tank.)

(slang) A police record.

* 1995 , , 00:26:00:

"We got a crowd of black, white customers, out-of-state license plates, what have you. Somebody gonna check that out. They gonna drop a dime on me, call 911. With my jacket , I can't go back to jail."

* 1995 , , 00:43:50:

"Yo's jacket shows possession with intent, possession of unlicensed firearm, and assault, for which he still owes three years."

(military) In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reinforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.