mess jacket

Definition of Mess Jacket in English :

waist-length jacket tapering to a point at the back; worn by officers in the mess for formal dinners

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Mess Jacket

noun

a waist-length jacket tapering to a point at the back, worn by officers in the mess for formal dinners

a man's short, closefitting jacket worn for semiformal dress, as by the military, or as part of the uniform of waiters, etc.

n.

A waist-length fitted jacket, worn chiefly as part of a uniform on formal occasions. Also called monkey jacket, shell jacket.