different between jerkin vs gilet

English

Etymology 1

First recorded in early 1500s. Possibly related to Dutch jurk (“dress”), itself of unknown origin and not attested before the 17th century. Derivation from Old French jo(u)rne (“day”) has been suggested.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d???.k?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d???.k?n/
• Rhymes: -??(r)k?n

Noun

jerkin (plural jerkins)

1. (historical) A type of men's garment popular in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: a close-fitting collarless jacket, with or without sleeves.
2. A sleeveless jacket, usually leather; a long waistcoat.
   • 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin 2011, p. 32:

     A tall and very good-looking kid in a jerkin came out of the store and rode the coupé off around the corner and came back walking, his glistening black hair plastered with rain.

Translations

See also

• bodice
• doublet
• gherkin

Etymology 2

Noun

jerkin (plural jerkins)

1. Alternative form of gyrkin

Further reading

• jerkin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• jinker

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French gilet, from Arabic ????????? (jal?qa), ultimately from Turkish yelek. Doublet of jelick.

Noun

gilet (plural gilets)

1. A sleeveless jacket similar to a waistcoat.

Translations

Further reading

• gilet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “gilet”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “gilet”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

References

Anagrams

• leg it, legit

French

Etymology

From Arabic ????????? (jal?qa), from Turkish yelek (“waistcoat”), modeled after corset, mantelet etc. Compare Greek ?????? (giléko), Spanish chaleco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i.l?/

Noun

gilet m (plural gilets)

1. waistcoat, vest
2. sweater

Derived terms

• gilet de sauvetage
• gilet jaune
• gilet pare-balle/gilet pare-balles

Descendants

• ? English: gilet
• ? Italian: gilè
• ? Russian: ?????? (žilét)

Further reading

• “gilet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Picard

Noun

gilet m

1. sweater; jumper