justaucorps
A justaucorps is a long-sleeved, knee-length coat worn by men after 1666 and throughout the 18th century.
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spencer jacket
A short waist- or bust-length jacket worn in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
jerkin
A close-fitting men’s jacket, often worn for warmth, sometimes without sleeves. It was worn over a doublet in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
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