Meaning

2 senses
  1. An ornamental garment worn under a doublet.

    a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat

  2. (UK)A sleeveless, collarless garment worn over a shirt and under a suit jacket.

    Weste, Gilet

    жиле́тžilét, безрука́вкаbezrukávka, жиле́ткаžilétka

    жиле́тžylét, жиле́ткаžylétka, безрука́вкаbezrukávka

Examples

11 sentences
  1. This waistcoat won't meet at the front.

  2. I can't find the waistcoat of my three piece suit.

    deIch kann die Weste von meinem Dreiteiler einfach nicht finden. — manese

  3. Peter was wearing what looked like a hand-knitted waistcoat.

    dePeter trug etwas, was wie eine handgestrickte Weste aussah. — Waldelfe

  4. Waistcoats were very popular in those days.

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  5. Ziri always wore a waistcoat.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a sleeveless, collarless garment:
Русский
By meaning 1
a sleeveless, collarless garment:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a sleeveless, collarless garment:

Origin

From waist + coat. Compare Yola wauscoat, wazcoote.

From waist + coat. Compare Yola wauscoat, wazcoote.

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Forms

plural: waistcoats
Singularwaistcoat
Pluralwaistcoats

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat:vest

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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