Waist-length jacket tapering to a point at the back; worn by officers in the mess for formal dinners.
1He wore a monkey jacket, probably a remnant of his sea-going father's wardrobe.
2The captain came up the hill, with a man, bringing my monkey jacket and a blanket.
3The commander of the perimeter also arrived, with his private's monkey jacket unbuttoned, breathing hard and cursing his old aches and pains.
4'He's got on the hat and monkey jacket he always wears.'
5We were fain to button up our monkey jackets, and hold to our lips cups of scalding tea with our half frozen fingers.