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Noun: mess jacket  mes ja-kit
  1. Waist-length jacket tapering to a point at the back; worn by officers in the mess for formal dinners
    "The naval officer wore his mess jacket to the formal dinner";
    - monkey jacket, shell jacket

Derived forms: mess jackets

Type of: jacket

Encyclopedia: Mess jacket