gilet
Britishnoun
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a waist- or hip-length garment, usually sleeveless, fastening up the front; sometimes made from a quilted fabric, and designed to be worn over a blouse, shirt, etc
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a bodice resembling a waistcoat in a woman's dress
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such a bodice as part of a ballet dancer's costume
Etymology
Origin of gilet
C19: French, literally: waistcoat
Example Sentences
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The authority also said there would be affordable produce available to buy, a heated gilet giveaway and free SIM cards and mobile data.
From BBC • Sep. 1, 2025
He was last seen wearing a beige bucket hat, a red and white striped gilet with black clothing underneath, black trousers and dark coloured shoes.
From BBC • Aug. 30, 2023
The resulting price hike sparked the gilet jaunes, or "yellow vests" movement, with hundreds of thousands of French citizens protesting in the streets.
From Salon • Apr. 27, 2022
As admiring eyes turned towards Wilder – dressed down for the occasion in a steel grey gilet – and Palace went increasingly, despairingly, direct, Hodgson wore a look of utter bewilderment.
From The Guardian • Aug. 18, 2019
This gilet corsage, as it is termed by the French dressmakers, has recently been gaining rapid favor among the Parisian belles.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 by Various
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