Waist-length jacket tapering to a point at the back; worn by officers in the mess for formal dinners.
1 Close to the lamp was a horseman in a shell jacket and gold-laced forage cap.
2 His shell jacket had the three yellow bars of a captain on its standing collar, and Drew saluted.
3 He leaned over them, and his fingers grabbed and twisted at the front of Drew's threadbare shell jacket .
4 Because I live in the rainy Pacific Northwest, I haven't worn a soft- shell jacket outside in more than 10 years.
5 Yet Maynard's attire was mixed and decidedly well-worn: a shell jacket , dull boots, threadbare trousers, and a plain undress cap.
6 But it had made of Drew a rebel long before he tugged on the short gray shell jacket of a Confederate cavalryman.
7 The police came by that afternoon, two plainclothes detectives in dripping shell jackets .
8 I've got some remarkably authentic-looking shell jackets in the attic.
9 The Black Diamond Fineline Stretch Rain Shell jacket .
10 First is the Chameleon Soft- Shell Jacket .
11 Spyder Refuge Shell Jacket Spyder's new Refuge jacket is one of the most innovative waterproof-breathable shells to hit the market.
12 Running gear, especially lightweight soft and hard shell jackets , leggings, hats and gloves ensure comfort on even the coldest and wettest night.
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