justaucorps

American  

[zhoo-stuh-kawr, -kohr, zhyst-oh-kawr] / ˈʒu stəˌkɔr, -ˌkoʊr, ʒüst oʊˈkɔr /

noun

• justaucorps
  plural

1. a fitted, knee-length coat, characterized by wide turned-back cuffs and stiff flared skirts, worn especially by men in the 17th and 18th centuries.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• justaucorps
  plural

Etymology

Origin of justaucorps

First recorded in 1650–60, justaucorps is from French juste au corps “fitting to the body”

Example Sentences

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justaucorps

After this exclamation, the officer arose and marched, with his hands in the pockets of his justaucorps, about the immense ante-chamber that served him as an apartment.

From The Vicomte De Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas père

Raoul had thrust his hand up to the wrist into his justaucorps in great agitation.

From Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas père

Raoul thrust his hand up to the wrist into his justaucorps in great agitation.

From Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas père