Meaning of field jacket | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A military or military-style jacket made of fabric (wool or cotton).
2. A covering used by paleontologists to protect fossils, usually made of plaster and burlap.

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Examples

“The morning was raw, yet he wore only summer khaki trousers, a light Army field jacket and, of all things, tennis shoes. He was shivering.”

“One of the MP sergeants, in an uncommon act of kindness, strips off his own field jacket and lays it over the prisoner with the injured legs, as no one else seems ready to help him.”

“Similar to a cast a doctor wraps around a broken leg, a field jacket keeps fossils from moving or breaking and protects them during transport.”

“Inside were various bones, still clothed in their white plaster field jackets, as they patiently waited their turn to be liberated and put on display.”

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