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waist·coat    Audio Help   [wes-kuht, weyst-koht] Pronunciation Key
–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]

waist·coat·ed, adjective
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waist·coat    Audio Help   (wěs'kĭt, wāst'kōt')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A garment formerly worn by men under a doublet.
  2. 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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