blousing

Variant of blouse

blouse definition

blouse (blo̵us, blo̵uz)

noun

  1. a loose, smocklike outer garment of varying length, traditionally worn by certain European peasants and workmen
  2. a loose garment similar to a shirt, worn by women and children
  3. the coat or jacket of a service uniform or dress uniform of the armed forces
  4. a sailor's jumper

Etymology: Fr, (18th c.) workman's smock < ?

intransitive verb, transitive verb bloused, blousing blous′·ing

to gather in and drape over loosely

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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