shacket

English

Etymology

Blend of shirt +‎ jacket.

Pronunciation

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Noun

shacket (plural shackets)

1. A heavy overshirt worn as a jacket.
   • 2023 November 4, Kim Duong, Megan Uy, Tarah-Lynn Saint-Elien, “22 Best Shackets to Get You Through the Chilly Fall Weather”, in Cosmopolitan‎^[1]:

     Before you say it: No, it's not your regular, ol' button-up shirt. A shacket is a slightly oversized shirt-jacket hybrid that is just *chef's kiss* for layering.

2. A safari jacket.

Further reading

• “shacket”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.