biking jacket en · NOUN
Meanings
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A thick jacket (usually made of leather) designed to be worn while riding a motorcycle.
[…] John Abraham’s favourite biking jacket and helmet were also sold at the fund-raiser.
2011 July 23, “Stars shine at Dhoni’s London charitable party”, in Daily News and Analysis:[…] a morose middle-aged fellow who appeared at the Corry in a suit on weekday evenings but on Saturdays and Sundays was transformed by heavy boots, jeans and biking jacket, the ensemble looking just a trifle too much for him.
1988, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 9, in The Swimming-Pool Library, paperback edition, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 201:“Have you got something respectable to wear?” “I shall wear my best biking jacket with the Yamaha badge—of course I’ve got something respectable!”
1991, Hazel Holt, chapter 12, in The Cruellest Month, New York: Onyx, published 1992, page 166:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| biking jackets | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (1)
fi ajotakki (jacket for motorbiking)