field jacket

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field jacket

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A military or military-style jacket made of fabric (wool or cotton). The morning was raw, yet he wore only summer khaki trousers, a light Army field jacket and, of all things, tennis shoes. He was shivering.
A covering used by paleontologists to protect fossils, usually made of plaster and burlap. Similar to a cast a doctor wraps around a broken leg, a field jacket keeps fossils from moving or breaking and protects them during transport.

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@misc{field_jacket_2026,
  title = {field jacket},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/field%20jacket},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}