The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
n. A close-fitting, hip-length, collarless jacket having no sleeves but often extended shoulders, belted and worn over a doublet by men especially in the 16th century.
n. A short, close-fitting, often sleeveless coat or jacket, usually of leather.
n. A type of men's garment popular in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: a close-fitting collarless jacket, with or without sleeves.
n. A sleeveless jacket, usually leather; a long waistcoat.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A jacket or short coat; a close waistcoat.
n. A male gyrfalcon.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A short close-fitting coat or jacket, worn in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
n. A young salmon: same as ginkin.
n. The male of the gerfalcon.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
n. a tight sleeveless and collarless jacket (often made of leather) worn by men in former times
Word Usage
"The shade was too deep to make out his face, but Torak saw that like him, he wore a sleeveless buckskin jerkin and knee-length leggings, with light rawhide boots."