smoking jacket

noun

1. a loose-fitting jacket for men, often of a heavy fabric and trimmed with braid, worn indoors, especially as a lounging jacket.

smoking jacket

noun

1. a man's comfortable jacket of velvet, etc, closed by a tie belt or fastenings, worn at home

Word History and Origins

Origin of smoking jacket¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Word History and Origins

Origin of smoking jacket¹

so called because it was formerly worn for smoking

Example Sentences

Items of Hefner's sold included one of his trademark smoking jackets, which was went for $13,000 in a bundle with a pair of his slippers, pyjamas and a tobacco pipe.

From BBC

The big sale includes cocktail dresses worn by the actress and the magazine owner's famed silk smoking jackets.

From BBC

To the left, the outline of three cloaked bodies huddle around a well but the most striking character stands confidently in the centre, heavy fringed and resplendent in a plum-coloured velvet smoking jacket.

From BBC

Alongside pieces of art are clothes worn by Hefner, a smoking jacket, silk pyjamas, slippers and tobacco pipe.

From BBC

Thirty-five years later with “Renfield,” Cage is finally playing the genuine article, complete with bloodthirsty fangs and a dapper velvet smoking jacket.

From Washington Times