Meaning of body jacket | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A form-fitting garment covering the upper body, with or without sleeves.
2. A rigid brace that fits around the torso (but does not cover the neck, arms or legs) to immobilize the spine, reduce curvature, etc.

Examples

“Young Grimaldi, in a white body jacket, plays off several antics at the end⟳ of the first act […]”

“1896, James O. Lyford, “The Governor’s Horse Guards” in History of Concord New Hampshire, City History Commission, Volume I, Appendix, p. iii, The uniform of the field was a white dolman, green body jacket and trousers, shako and pompon, gray astrachan fur and gold lace trimmings […]”

“The dazzling white stuff of her body jacket was crossed by a bar of yellow and silver of her scarf, […]”

“Two grooms stood ready with silken lead⟳ ropes. They were dressed in the Earl’s stable colors—scarlet silk body jackets and long scarlet stockings.”

“The soldier was sweating in his body jacket, and carrying an assault rifle […]”

“For three months after the operation the patient remains recumbent in the original bent jacket. Then he is allowed to walk⟳ in a body jacket applied so as to produce⟳ a slight list of the trunk toward the convexity of the primary curve.”

“When the goal is to provide⟳ postural support⟳, slow progression, or postpone⟳ (but not prevent⟳) surgery, a polypropylene body jacket, or “clam-shell brace,” may suffice for waking or sitting hours.”

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