Found 2 items, similar to Cork jackets.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: cork jacket cork jacket n : life preserver consisting of a sleeveless jacket of buoyant or inflatable design [syn: life jacket, life vest]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Cork jackets Cork \Cork\ (k[^o]rk), n. [Cf. G., Dan., & Sw. kork, D. kurk; all fr. Sp. corcho, fr. L. cortex, corticis, bark, rind. Cf. Cortex.] 1. The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree (Quercus Suber ), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See Cutose. [1913 Webster] 2. A stopper for a bottle or cask, cut out of cork. [1913 Webster] 3. A mass of tabular cells formed in any kind of bark, in greater or less abundance. [1913 Webster] Note: Cork is sometimes used wrongly for calk, calker; calkin, a sharp piece of iron on the shoe of a horse or ox. [1913 Webster] Cork jackets, a jacket having thin pieces of cork inclosed within canvas, and used to aid in swimming. Cork tree (Bot.), the species of oak (Quercus Suber of Southern Europe) whose bark furnishes the cork of commerce. [1913 Webster]