blouse
[ blous, blouz ]
/ blaʊs, blaʊz /
noun
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.
verb (used without object), bloused, blous·ing.
to puff out in a drooping fullness, as a blouse above a fitted waistband.
verb (used with object), bloused, blous·ing.
to dispose the material of a garment in loose folds, as trouser legs over the tops of boots.
Words nearby blouse
blotchy, blotter, blotting paper, blotto, blount's disease, blouse, blouson, blousy, bloviate, blow, blow a fuse
Origin of blouse
1820–30; < French, perhaps from the phrase *vêtement de laine blouse garment of short (i.e., uncarded, pure) wool; compare Provençal (lano) blouso pure (wool) < Old High German blōz naked, cognate with Old English bleat poor, miserable
OTHER WORDS FROM blouse
blouse·like, adjectiveblous·y, adjectiveun·bloused, adjectiveDictionary.com Unabridged
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British Dictionary definitions for blousing
blouse
/ (blaʊz) /
noun
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
verb
to hang or make so as to hang in full loose folds
Word Origin for blouse
C19: from French, of unknown origin
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