smoking jacket

• Veste formelle pour homme, généralement en velours ou en soie, portée à l'origine pendant le tabac pour protéger les vêtements de la cendre et de l'odeur. Aujourd'hui considérée comme désuète, car fumer dans un cadre formel est devenu moins courant.

A formal men's jacket, typically made of velvet or silk, originally worn while smoking to protect clothing from ash and odor. Now considered outdated as smoking in formal settings has declined.

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   A comfortable, often velvet or silk jacket worn by men, historically used while smoking to protect clothing from ash and odor.

   veste de fumeur

   • He wore a burgundy smoking jacket to the evening party.
   • The vintage smoking jacket was made of fine silk.
   • In old movies, gentlemen often relax in a smoking jacket.