casacca

Definitions of casacca
  1. noun
    an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors
    synonyms: cappotto, paletot, soprabito
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    pelliccia
    a coat made of fur
    sopravveste
    a heavy coat worn over clothes in winter
    camicia, giacca, giubba
    a short coat
    impermeabile
    a water-resistant coat
    liseuse
    a lightweight jacket worn over bedclothes (as when sitting in bed)
    blazer
    lightweight single-breasted jacket; often striped in the colors of a club or school
    bolero
    a short jacket; worn mostly by women
    blusotto, giubbotto
    a tight sleeveless and collarless jacket (often made of leather) worn by men in former times
    eskimo, giacca a vento, piumino
    a kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term)
  2. noun
    a short coat
    synonyms: camicia, giacca, giubba
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    liseuse
    a lightweight jacket worn over bedclothes (as when sitting in bed)
    blazer
    lightweight single-breasted jacket; often striped in the colors of a club or school
    bolero
    a short jacket; worn mostly by women
    blusotto, giubbotto
    a tight sleeveless and collarless jacket (often made of leather) worn by men in former times
    eskimo, giacca a vento, piumino
    a kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term)
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    cappotto, paletot, soprabito
    an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors
  3. noun
    an outer wrapping or casing
    synonyms: camicia, risvolto
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    copertina, risvolto
    a paper jacket for a book; a jacket on which promotional information is usually printed
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    fascetta
    the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped
  4. noun
    a thin layer covering something
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    emulsione
    a light-sensitive coating on paper or film; consists of fine grains of silver bromide suspended in a gelatin
    smalto
    any smooth glossy coating that resembles ceramic glaze
    doratura
    a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold
    colore, pittura, tinta, vernice
    a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating
    patina
    a fine coating of oxide on the surface of a metal
    piombino
    a finishing coat applied to exclude moisture
    vernice
    a coating that provides a hard, lustrous, transparent finish to a surface
    impiallacciatura
    coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood
    impermeabilizzazione
    a coating capable of making a surface waterproof
    smalto per unghie
    a cosmetic lacquer that dries quickly and that is applied to the nails to color them or make them shiny
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    involucro, ricopertura
    an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it)
  5. noun
    growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal
    synonyms: pelame
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    pelliccia
    dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel)
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    capello, pelo
    a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
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