Waistcoat definition

wĕskĭt, wāstkōt
waistcoats
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A garment formerly worn by men under a doublet.
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(chiefly british) A short, sleeveless, collarless garment worn especially over a shirt and often under a suit jacket; a vest.
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A somewhat longer, heavily ornamented, sleeveless jacket formerly worn under a doublet.
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A similar garment worn by women.
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(chiefly UK) A sleeveless, collarless garment worn over a shirt and under a suit jacket.
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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
waistcoat
Plural:
waistcoats

Waistcoat Sentence Examples

  • He removed his waistcoat and shirt.

  • The sadari or waistcoat is worn by women as well as men.

  • I just wanted to make a waistcoat to match my shoes.

  • But instead of all that--here he was, the wealthy husband of an unfaithful wife, a retired gentleman-in-waiting, fond of eating and drinking and, as he unbuttoned his waistcoat, of abusing the government a bit, a member of the Moscow English Club, and a universal favorite in Moscow society.

  • Speranski, wearing a gray swallow-tail coat with a star on the breast, and evidently still the same waistcoat and high white stock he had worn at the meeting of the Council of State, stood at the table with a beaming countenance.

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