waistcoat
English
A traditional waistcoat, to be worn with a two-piece suit or separate jacket and trousers
Pronunciation
- (spelling pronunciation) enPR: wās(t)'-kōt, IPA(key): /ˈweɪs(t)kəʊt/
- (old-fashioned) enPR: wĕs'kət, IPA(key): /ˈwɛskət/
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Noun
waistcoat (plural waistcoats)
- An ornamental garment worn under a doublet.
- (chiefly Britain) A sleeveless, collarless garment worn over a shirt and under a suit jacket.
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698:
- Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. […] A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.
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Translations
a sleeveless, collarless garment
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