waistcoat
Etymology Pronunciation
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Etymology Pronunciation
- (spelling pronunciation) enPR: wās(t)'-kōt, IPA: /ˈweɪs(t)kəʊt/
- (dated) enPR: wĕs'kət, IPA: /ˈwɛskət/
waistcoat (plural waistcoats)
- An ornamental garment worn under a doublet.
- (chiefly, British) A sleeveless, collarless garment worn over a shirt and under a suit jacket.
- Synonyms: vest
- Coordinate term: gilet
- 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 ↗:
- 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.
- French: gilet
- German: Weste, (regional, obsolescent) Gilet
- Italian: panciotto, gilè, corpetto
- Portuguese: colete
- Russian: жиле́т
- Spanish: chaleco, chalequillo
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