single-breasted

[ sing-guhl-bres-tid ]

/ ˈsɪŋ gəlˈbrɛs tɪd /

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adjective

(of a coat, jacket, etc.) having a front closure directly in the center with only a narrow overlap secured by a single button or row of buttons.

(of a suit) having a jacket or coat of this type.

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Origin of single-breasted

First recorded in 1790–1800

Words nearby single-breasted

single-acting, single-action, single-barrel, single-blind, single bond, single-breasted, single-celled, single-cell protein, single combat, single cream, single-cross

How to use single-breasted in a sentence

A double-breasted suit is more formal than a single-breasted one.
Herman Cain's Power Suit|Robin Givhan|November 4, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Undress: Short blue jacket with round collar, single-breasted—six buttons in front, and three on each cuff.
Yachting Vol. 2|Various.
Double-breasted models are appropriate for the young man; single-breasted for the older.
Book of Etiquette, Volume 2|Lillian Eichler Watson
Single-breasted waistcoats are smarter than double-breasted.
Riding and Driving for Women|Belle Beach

His clothes fitted him like a glove; his coat wras single-breasted and buttoned up to the chin.
Agnes Strickland's Queens of England, Vol. III. (of III)|Rosalie Kaufman
And the surtout, single-breasted, was thrown open gallantly; and in the second button-hole thereof was a moss rose.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851|Various

British Dictionary definitions for single-breasted

single-breasted

adjective

(of a garment) having the fronts overlapping only slightly and with one row of fastenings

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