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waistcoat

[ wes-kuht, weyst-koht ]

noun

  1. Chiefly British. vest ( def 1 ).
  2. an 18th-century garment for women that is similar to a man's vest, usually worn with a riding habit.
  3. a man's body garment, often quilted and embroidered and having sleeves, worn under the doublet in the 16th and 17th centuries.


waistcoat

/ ˈweɪsˌkəʊt /

noun

  1. a sleeveless waist-length garment with buttons at the front, often worn under a suit jacket US, Canadian, and Austral namevest
  2. a man's garment worn under a doublet in the 16th century
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈwaistˌcoated, adjective
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Other Words From

  • waistcoat·ed adjective
  • under·waistcoat noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of waistcoat1

First recorded in 1510–20; waist + coat
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Example Sentences

He wears his characteristic white shalwar kameez with a tattered gray waistcoat.

A little gospel here, a little Chesterton there, a little waistcoat here.

At another point he forgot his waistcoat, and sent another man to look for it.

She took the podium in a black McQueen waistcoat embroidered with gold flowers and knee-high leather boots.

His dove gray waistcoat matched his jacket and Lillian decided his trousers were a hideous shade of yellowish-brown.

I broke right into his story and seized the lapel of his waistcoat as though he were my dearest friend.

From his waistcoat pocket he took a little silver convex mirror and surveyed himself critically therein.

Still kneeling, he drew from his waistcoat pocket a powerful lens contained in a washleather bag.

Rapidly he removed his reefer and his waistcoat, folded them, and placed them neatly beside his overall.

So I put on my life-saving waistcoat and blew it out; clapped my new gas-mask on my head and entered.

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