Definition of "jerkins" []

• Plural form of jerkin. (noun)

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• "The idea of a stag hunt evokes chivalry — knights in jerkins and hose, ladies on sidesaddles with wimples and billowing dresses, a white stag symbolizing something-or-other, and Robin Hood getting in the way."
• "The more part of the men wore weapons at their sides and had staves in hand, and were clad in short jerkins brown or blue of colour, and looked ready for battle if any moment should call them thereto; but among them were men of different favour and stature from these, taller for the most part, unarmed, and clad in long gowns of fair colours with cloths of thin and gay-coloured web twisted about their heads."
• "The Breen wore red refrigerated armor, the Klingons wore nonstandard leather and metal jerkins."