A short jacket worn by a military officer on formal occasions in the mess.
餐宴短礼服（军官正式餐宴时穿着）
Example sentencesExamples
Angus Birrell, a grandly mustachioed colour sergeant and former Royal Scot who bustles about in a bright red mess jacket and tartan trousers, estimates there were as many as two dozen in Edinburgh after the second world war.
She pulled away from him, her hand lingering on the snow-white fabric of the dress mess jacket.
They are also seeking donations of pace sticks, Sam Browne belts, white mess jackets and khaki polyester uniforms.
Officers had the blue coat by 1909, now worn with a cloth belt, plus the 1839 sixteen-button mess jacket and 1825 Mameluke sword from the Barbary Wars.
There is no equal for the elegance of the Army White Mess Jacket.
Definition of mess jacket in US English:
mess jacket
nounˈmes ˌjakət
A short jacket worn by a military officer on formal occasions.
餐宴短礼服（军官正式餐宴时穿着）
Example sentencesExamples
She pulled away from him, her hand lingering on the snow-white fabric of the dress mess jacket.
Angus Birrell, a grandly mustachioed colour sergeant and former Royal Scot who bustles about in a bright red mess jacket and tartan trousers, estimates there were as many as two dozen in Edinburgh after the second world war.
They are also seeking donations of pace sticks, Sam Browne belts, white mess jackets and khaki polyester uniforms.
Officers had the blue coat by 1909, now worn with a cloth belt, plus the 1839 sixteen-button mess jacket and 1825 Mameluke sword from the Barbary Wars.
There is no equal for the elegance of the Army White Mess Jacket.