1. a sleeveless jacket or vest, typically made of leather
Usage: historical

Examples

• The medieval knight wore a leather jerkin under his armor.
• She found an old jerkin in the costume shop for the Renaissance fair.
• The blacksmith’s jerkin was stained with soot and sweat.
• He buttoned up his woolen jerkin against the cold morning air.
• The museum displayed a 16th-century jerkin made of fine leather.
• Actors in the Shakespeare play wore authentic-looking jerkins.