blouse
blouse
Definition
blouse (blo̵us, blo̵uz)
noun
- a loose, smocklike outer garment of varying length, traditionally worn by certain European peasants and workmen
- a loose garment similar to a shirt, worn by women and children
- the coat or jacket of a service uniform or dress uniform of the armed forces
- a sailor's jumper
Etymology: Fr, (18th c.) workman's smock < ?
intransitive verb, transitive verb bloused, blous′·ing
to gather in and drape over loosely
blouse
Synonyms
blouse
n.
blouse
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- skirt: Dancing in black skirts, white blouses and patchwork waistcoats, this is their first visit to rushbearing.
- sleeve: White short, or long sleeved blouse in the agreed style.
- wear: Girls should wear a plain white blouse or top with a collar, beneath their suits.
- embroider: The richly embroidered blouse, making the breasts imperceptible, is pure materiality, catching light, sparkling another body fragment.
- neck: Unless they choose to stay in the winter uniform girls may wear open necked blouses or summer dresses.
- make: And I used to wash the lady's hair, and I remember once making a blouse for her.
Modifies a noun
- panel: The attraction is blouse panels used were on our sailings in december.
Adjective modifier
- white: Girls should wear a plain white blouse or top with a collar, beneath their suits.
- pink: I was sure she had on a pink blouse.
- blue: A light blue denim style blouse from the Safety Fast range of MG Car Club Regalia.
- big: And I thought I was a big girlie blouse when it comes to arachnids.
- red: School uniform was navy blue with a red blouse for the girls and a white shirt with a red tie for the boys.
- long-sleeved: I had big muscles and I chose to wear long-sleeved blouses to hide those muscles.
Preposition: with
- collar: She's dressed in a pair of tight black trousers and a black silk blouse with a large collar.
Noun used with modifier
- silk: We then went home and I got ready, I wore a pink silk blouse and a pink and black skirt.
- cream: Yes, navy blue gym slips, beige cream blouses and blue and green striped tie collars.
- girl: Big girls blouse Big Tim 15:52 5/11 Big Tim makes big girls blouses and his own pastry too!
- sleeve: Short sleeve shirts, shorts and trousers for men and short sleeve blouses, slacks and skirts are sufficient.
- cut: For some reason she is wearing her shortest skirt and her lowest cut blouse.
- battledress: I drank heavily and always carried a flat half bottle in my battledress blouse.
blouse Quotes
The trouble with women like me isöthey can't keep their nerves out of the job in hand I walk about with a mind full of ghosts of saucepans and primus stoves and 'Will there be enough to go round?' I loathe myself, today. I detest this woman who'superintends' you and rushes about, slamming doors and slopping wateröall untidy with her blouse out and her nailsgrimed.
