Jerkin (noun)
jur-kin
A sleeveless jacket.
Early 16th century of unknown origin (originally a close fitting men’s leather jacket)
Example sentences
“We didn’t have a uniform but they liked us to wear the company jerkin over our own clothes.”
Ireful (adj) ayur-ful full of intense anger; wrathful. Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; ire, -ful (more…)
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
