blouse
a usually lightweight, loose-fitting garment for women and children, covering the body from the neck or shoulders more or less to the waistline, with or without a collar and sleeves, worn inside or outside a skirt, slacks, etc.
a single-breasted, semifitted military jacket.
a loose outer garment, reaching to the hip or thigh, or below the knee, and sometimes belted.: Compare smock frock.
to puff out in a drooping fullness, as a blouse above a fitted waistband.
to dispose the material of a garment in loose folds, as trouser legs over the tops of boots.
Origin of blouse
1Other words from blouse
- blouselike, adjective
- blous·y, adjective
- un·bloused, adjective
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How to use blouse in a sentence
They create those blouses a lot of times, where they will add a bow or take fabric from another shirt to create the cuff.
How Carrie Preston Became The Good Wife’s Favorite Scene Stealer | Kevin Fallon | October 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTVictoria and I were spared that, at least, but we were down to T-shirts and thin blouses.
She wears an amazing original Halston leather dress in one scene, and a couple of silk blouses and outerwear.
Business suits, blouses, and ballet flats are all for the taking.
There were also more gender-distinguished items: sleeveless blouses for women and sharp suits for the guys.
Some of the women had black satin blouses on, and European bonnets of an exceedingly ancient date.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferAt this hour these places are full of workmen in white and blue blouses, and young girls from the neighboring factories.
The Real Latin Quarter | F. Berkeley SmithHer blouses should be better than anything her clients can buy at a store.
The Canadian Girl at Work | Marjory MacMurchyHe learnt about soups, and pipes, and blouses, and the habit of the sunrise; and nothing that he learned did he forget.
Corot | Sidney AllnuttIn cold weather it is common to see men wearing two or even three blouses, one over the other.
British Dictionary definitions for blouse
/ (blaʊz) /
a woman's shirtlike garment made of cotton, nylon, etc
a loose-fitting smocklike garment, often knee length and belted, worn esp by E European peasants
a loose-fitting waist-length belted jacket worn by soldiers
to hang or make so as to hang in full loose folds
Origin of blouse
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