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waist·coat

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–noun

1.	Chiefly British. vest (def. 1).

2.	an 18th-century garment for women that is similar to a man's vest, usually worn with a riding habit.

3.	a man's body garment, often quilted and embroidered and having sleeves, worn under the doublet in the 16th and 17th centuries.

[Origin: 1510–20; waist + coat

]

—Related forms

waist·coat·ed, adjective

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waist·coat Audio Help (wěs'kĭt, wāst'kōt') Pronunciation Key
n.

A garment formerly worn by men under a doublet.
Chiefly British A short, sleeveless, collarless garment worn especially over a shirt and often under a suit jacket; a vest.

waist'coat'ed adj.

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waistcoat
noun
a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat [syn: vest]

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waistcoat [ˈweiskəut] noun

(American vest) a short, usually sleeveless jacket worn immediately under the outer jacket
Example: a three-piece suit consists of trousers, jacket and waistcoat

Arabic:	صُدْرَه
Chinese (Simplified):	背心
Chinese (Traditional):	背心
Czech:	vesta
Danish:	vest
Dutch:	vest
Estonian:	vest
Finnish:	liivit
French:	gilet
German:	die Weste
Greek:	γιλέκο
Hungarian:	mellény
Icelandic:	vesti
Indonesian:	rompi
Italian:	gilè

Japanese:	チョッキ
Korean:	조끼
Latvian:	veste
Lithuanian:	liemenė
Norwegian:	vest
Polish:	kamizelka
Portuguese (Brazil):	colete
Portuguese (Portugal):	colete
Romanian:	vestă
Russian:	жилет
Slovak:	vesta
Slovenian:	telovnik
Spanish:	chaleco
Swedish:	väst
Turkish:	yelek

See also: waisted, waist, waistband

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Waistcoat

Vest\, n. [L. vestis a garment, vesture; akin to Goth. wasti, and E. wear: cf. F. veste. See Wear to carry on the person, and cf. Divest, Invest, Travesty.]

1. An article of clothing covering the person; an outer garment; a vestment; a dress; a vesture; a robe.

In state attended by her maiden train, Who bore the vests that holy rites require. --Dryden.

2. Any outer covering; array; garb.

Not seldom clothed in radiant vest Deceitfully goes forth the morn. --Wordsworth.

3. Specifically, a waistcoat, or sleeveless body garment, for men, worn under the coat.

Syn: Garment; vesture; dress; robe; vestment; waistcoat.

Usage: Vest, Waistcoat. In England, the original word waistcoat is generally used for the body garment worn over the shirt and immediately under the coat. In the United States this garment is commonly called a vest, and the waistcoat is often improperly given to an under-garment.

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