doublet
doublet
Definition
dou·blet (dub′lit)
noun
- a man's closefitting jacket with or without sleeves, worn chiefly from the 14th to the 16th cent.
- either of a pair of similar things
- a pair; couple
- a pair of thrown dice with identical sides uppermost
- a simulated gem produced by cementing together two smaller stones, crystals, or pieces of colored glass
- Linguis. either of two words that derive ultimately from the same source but by different processes (Ex.: regal, royal; skirt, shirt)
- Radio dipole ()
Etymology: ME < OFr, dim. of double, orig., something folded, a kind of material: see double
doublet
Synonyms
doublet
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- include: The slash or cut in the outer surfaces of garments, which included doublets, exposed the contrasting color of the linings beneath.
- wear: We don't wear doublet and hose today, but we can still make jokes about people who wear anoraks or Armani.
- slash: And very much, Sir, the ruff and the slashed doublet become you!
- make: A 1610 " fencing " doublet made of kid leather.
- have: It has a slightly flat hum and a strong, very flat prime and has large doublets on all its important partials.
- use: However, a new mark ll version has been announced that uses a sharper coated doublet.
Preposition: in
- bell: On the other hand, to attempt to lessen the doublet in this bell would be no bad thing.
Adjective modifier
- Elizabethan: Elizabethan Doublets - a comment dating back to 1583!
- high: The player with the highest doublet plays first and turns proceed in a clockwise direction.
- new: The potential clinical benefit of this new doublet in the treatment of transitional cell carcinoma warrants testing in future phase III studies.
- leathern: Sir John's colors, and a leathern doublet, weighing 11 pounds, worn by him, are still preserved.
- fitted: How to Make Simple Medieval Costumes - patterns for tunic, hose, hood and fitted doublet.
- blue: John has a red hat and cape, a gray blue doublet with blue cuffs, red trousers and gray stockings.
Modifies a noun
- lens: Doublet lenses are made up of two different types of glass, a flint and crown glass.
- microtubules: If a bent cilium is examined in cross-section by electron microscopy, fewer than 9 doublet microtubules are seen at the tip.
- structure: The lower spectrum shows the effect of a magnetic field on the doublet structure.
- splitting: It contains over 19,000 line positions, doublet splittings, line shifts, etc taken from the literature.
Noun used with modifier
- arming: Each suit also includes two sword fighting lessons, a steel display stand, and a custom- fitted arming doublet undergarment of padded linen.
- microtubule: ATP addition then causes the microtubule doublets to slide apart.
Browse dictionary entries near doublet
- doublespeak
- Doubleday
- double witching hour
- double-wide
- double vision
- double up
- double top
- double-tongued
- double-tongue
- double time
- doubleton
- doubletree
- doubloon
- doubly
- doubly serrate
- Doubs
- doubt
- doubter
- doubtful
- doubting
