gilet

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of gilet¹

C19: French, literally: waistcoat

Example Sentences

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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He has finally been persuaded that a bin-bag gilet is better than nothing.

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