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lumberjack

lumberjack

3 3.9
A short warm jacket with a red and black checked pattern for outdoor work
  • noun
  • /ˈlʌmbərˌdʒæk/
  • US
translation icon : chaqueta de leñador
  • He was dressed in a red and black lumberjack's shirt with a blue turtleneck underneath, brown cords, hiking boots, and white p130 socks.
  • lumberjack shirt
  • lumberjack plaid
  • red lumberjack

Examples

  • Phyllis in her camouflage and Bonny in her lumberjack's jacket.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Way back when I had the red and black lumberjack with the hat to match.

  • The parents, I'd loved that man in his red and black lumberjack shirt saying it straight, you know, just not mincing words.

  • She had on her lumberjack's jacket again, and her orange cushion was fastened to her belt loops.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • They were both dressed like hunters: one had on a red plaid lumberjack's jacket and the other a greenish camouflage suit.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • He wore a classic red and black lumberjack jacket while chopping wood in the forest.

  • For the outdoor event, she chose a warm lumberjack shirt with a checkered pattern.

  • During the winter hike, he appreciated the comfort of his favorite lumberjack jacket.

Synonyms

jumper
vslumberjack
  • UK
4 6.7

A loose protective top worn over clothes by workers

is shorter, warmer, and tied to outdoor logging rather than uniform use
lumber jacket
vslumberjack
  • US
3.9

A short warm plaid wool jacket for outdoor work and casual wear

is associated specifically with logging and a checkered pattern rather than uniform protection

How Warm

parka
29 1.5
coat
957 1.0
lumberjack
  • US
3 3.9
jacket
1.0
shirt
1.0

Surface Forms

lumberjack singular
lumberjacks plural

Morphology

lumberjack = lumber + jack (semi-transparent) = lumber + jack

The clothing sense arises by metonymy (a garment associated with lumberjacks), so the semantic extension from 'person who works with lumber' to 'a type of jacket' is not fully predictable from the components.

Etymology

Lumberjack when used for a jacket is named after the warm, checkered coats that tree workers wore in cold forests. So a lumberjack jacket is a short, warm outer coat often in a red-and-black check pattern, like the clothing of those workers.