Nehru jacket
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Nehru jacket — or Nehru coat, a long narrow jacket or coat that buttons up the front, with a high collar; Mao jacket. ╂[< Jawaharlal Nehru, 1889 1964, prime minister of India] … Useful english dictionary
Nehru jacket — Jawaharlal Nehru in a achkan or sherwani, a garment which served as a model for the Nehru jacket. The Nehru jacket (Hindi: नेहरू जैकेट) is a hip length tailored coat for men or women, created in India in the 1940s. The jacket essentially blends… … Wikipedia
Nehru coat — Nehru jacket or Nehru coat, a long narrow jacket or coat that buttons up the front, with a high collar; Mao jacket. ╂[< Jawaharlal Nehru, 1889 1964, prime minister of India] … Useful english dictionary
Nehru suit — Nehru suit, a suit consisting of a Nehru jacket and tight pants … Useful english dictionary
Jacket — This article is about the garment. For other uses, see Jacket (disambiguation). A jacket is a hip or waist length garment for the upper body. A jacket typically has sleeves, and fastens in the front. A jacket is generally lighter, tighter fitting … Wikipedia
Jacket lapel — Lapel redirects here. For the town, see Lapel, Indiana. An unorthodox peaked lapel Jacket lapels are the folded flaps of cloth on the front of a jacket or coat, and are most commonly found on formal clothing and suit jackets. Usually they are… … Wikipedia
Nehru — of a type of long, narrow jacket with a standing collar (popular in Western fashion late 1960s), 1967, a reference to Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 1964), first prime minister of independent India (1947 1964), who often wore such a jacket in public… … Etymology dictionary
Nehru — /nay rooh, ne rooh/, n. 1. Jawaharlal /jeuh wah heuhr lahl/, 1889 1964, Hindu political leader in India: first prime minister of the republic of India 1947 64 (father of Indira Gandhi). 2. his father Motilal /moh ti lahl/, 1861 1931, Indian… … Universalium
Nehru collar — /neɪru ˈkɒlə/ (say nayrooh koluh) noun a collar similar to a Chinese collar but with rounded corners, popular in the 1960s. {from the style of jacket favoured by J Nehru} …
Jawaharlal Nehru — 1st Prime Minister of India … Wikipedia
