WAISTCOAT
\wˈe͡ɪstkə͡ʊt], \wˈeɪstkəʊt], \w_ˈeɪ_s_t_k_əʊ_t]\
Definitions of WAISTCOAT
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A short coat or garment without sleeves, worn under the coat, extending no lower than the hips, and covering the waist; a vest: a similar garment formerly worn by women. "You'd best come like a mad woman with a band on your waistcoat."-Dekker. "Waistcoat was a part of female dress as well as male. It was only when the waistcoat was worn without a gown or upper dress that it was considered the mark of a mad or profligate woman. Low females of the latter class were generally so attired."-Nares.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A short sleeveless undercoat or garment for men, extending to the waist and covering the chest; a vest.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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