Definitions for jerkin

jerkin jer·kin

Spelling: [jur-kin]
IPA: /ˈdʒɜr kɪn/

Jerkin is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 65 anagrams from letters in jerkin (eijknr).

Definitions for jerkin

noun

  1. a close-fitting jacket or short coat, usually sleeveless, as one of leather worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Origin of jerkin

First recorded in 1510-20; origin uncertain

Examples for jerkin

So, throwing it from him, he brushed the crumbs from his jerkin.

Roger stripped his jerkin off, replaced his doublet, and both set to work.

I will wrap the tools up quickly in their bag, and slip them into my jerkin.

Dumb Max's jerkin of blue fits me better than any robe royal.

Sim had crept up, and, standing behind Ralph, was plucking at his jerkin.

A coachman in a jerkin, who stood nearest, sprang forward and snatched it up.

This book Peter thrust away within his jerkin to study at his leisure.

But every man wore a shirt of mail under his doublet or jerkin.

He was plainly dressed, and wore a jerkin of leather and long boots.

He seemed all clad in leather, for where his jerkin stopped his boots began.

Word Value for jerkin
Scrable

17

Words with friends

20

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