justaucorps

American  

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

noun

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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Etymology

Origin of justaucorps

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

Example Sentences

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

From Ten Years Later by Dumas père, Alexandre

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

From Ten Years Later by Dumas père, Alexandre

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 Dumas père, Alexandre