SINGLE-BREASTED JACKET • FREE TRANSLATOR.ORG • Definition of Single-breasted jacket

... those supplied them by the State. Grey, of all shades, from light blue to butter-nut, was the universal colour. The coatee issued in the early days of the war had already given place to a short-waisted and single-breasted jacket. The blue kepi held out longer. The soft felt hat which experience soon proved the most serviceable head-dress had not yet become universal. But the long boots had gone; and strong brogans, with broad soles and low heels, had ...

— Stonewall Jackson And The American Civil War • G. F. R. Henderson