Parka

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  • noun. A hooded outer garment worn in the Arctic, made from animal skin and constructed with the fur on the inside, originally designed as a pullover but now usually closing in front.
  • noun. A coat or jacket with a hood and usually a warm lining for cold-weather wear.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A curious fossil from the Old Red Sandstone of Scotland and England.
  • noun. A coat, sack, or other outer garment made of bird-skins sewed together with the feathers on the inside, worn by the Aleuts.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An outer garment made of the skins of birds or mammals, worn by Eskimos, etc.
  • noun. A coat with a fur lining and a hood, used for protection in very cold weather.
  • noun. Any of a variety of jackets with attached hoods, usually of very warm or waterproof construction so as to provide protection from cold or rainy weather.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A long jacket with a hood which protects the wearer against rain and wind.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term)
  • Word Usage
    "The hood of her squirrel-skin parka was about her hair, and well drawn up around her throat; but her hands were unmittened and nimbly at work with needle and sinew, completing the last fantastic design on a belt of leather faced with bright scarlet cloth."
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    parkee  
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    jacket  
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    Barca  barca  markka  petrarca  
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