gilet

British  

/ dʒɪˈleɪ /

noun

1. 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

2. a bodice resembling a waistcoat in a woman's dress

3. such a bodice as part of a ballet dancer's costume

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Etymology

Origin of gilet

C19: French, literally: waistcoat

Example Sentences

Talking of FA Cup finals, it was gilet out, shirt and tie in as Tim Sherwood led Aston Villa to Wembley in 2015, his tactics "bamboozling" Liverpool en route before a heavy final defeat by Arsenal.

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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.

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The picture, with a rural setting and the prince in a countryside-style gilet, was taken in Norfolk earlier this year by photographer Josh Shinner.

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He was wearing black baggy jeans with a diamond patterned stitching on them, cream-coloured trainers, a black and grey Rapha gilet and a black Rapha cap, police said.

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Most of the city is asleep, but on an athletics track just south of the River Thames one man - shivering and soaked to the bone in shorts, T-shirt and makeshift gilet fashioned from a black bin bag - is running laps.

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