jerkin
IPA: dʒˈɝkɪn
noun
- (historical) A type of men's garment popular in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: a close-fitting collarless jacket, with or without sleeves.
- A sleeveless jacket, usually leather; a long waistcoat.
- Alternative form of gyrkin [(obsolete) A male gyrfalcon.]
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Examples of "jerkin" in Sentences
- Hoping to make a hit jerkin song to come soon.
- The main barn has a jerkin roof on the end gable.
- The shoe has been used heavily in the Jerkin' movement.
- You were right about the grammar of the article Jerkin'.
- The house has a jerkin head gable roof and two brick chimneys.
- Its ridges end in jerkin heads with a metallic wave shaped finial.
- I can tell you that Jerkin is a dance movement just like krumping.
- The one story building has a full basement and a jerkin head gable roof.
- I have noticed there is no article for a Jerkinhead roof aka Jerkin roof.
- The roof is multiple gabled and features the distinctive Jerkin style roof.
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