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waistcoat

waist·coat [ wáyst kt ] (plural waist·coats)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. garment worn under doublet: a man's sleeveless garment reaching to the hips or knees, worn under a doublet in the 16th century

2. U.K. sleeveless upper garment worn over shirt: a man's or woman's sleeveless and collarless waist-length garment, usually with buttons down the front, worn over a shirt and traditionally worn by men under a suit jacket


waist·coat·ed adjective
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