letterman jacket

Athletic award garment

A letterman jacket is a wool jacket with leather sleeves, typically displaying a large chenille letter on the chest awarded for athletic achievement at an American high school or college.

The letter represents the school's initial, earned by playing on a varsity team.

The jacket has become a symbol of athletic status and American teen culture: He wore his letterman jacket everywhere senior year.

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