waistcoat

 

From waist +‎ coat. Compare Yola wauscoat, wazcoote.

• (spelling pronunciation) enPR: wās(t)'-kōt, IPA^(key): /ˈweɪs(t)kəʊt/
• (dated) enPR: wĕs'kət, IPA^(key): /ˈwɛskət/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: waist‧coat

waistcoat (plural waistcoats)

1. An ornamental garment worn under a doublet.
2. (chiefly British) A sleeveless, collarless garment worn over a shirt and under a suit jacket.

   Synonym: (US) 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.

• → Hindi: वास्कट (vāskaṭ)
• → Japanese: ウェストコート (wesutokōto), ウェスクット (wesukutto)
• → Malay: weskot
• → Maori: wēkete
• → Punjabi: ਵਾਸਕਟ (vāskaṭ)

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