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An ornamental garment worn under a doublet.
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A sleeveless, collarless garment worn over a shirt and under a suit jacket.
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Examples of waistcoat in a Sentence
He removed his waistcoat and shirt.
The sadari or waistcoat is worn by women as well as men.
I just wanted to make a waistcoat to match my shoes.
Nice touch Grooms might want to wear a waistcoat matching the fabric of the brides wedding dress.
Speranski, wearing a gray swallow-tail coat with a star on the breast, and evidently still the same waistcoat and high white stock he had worn at the meeting of the Council of State, stood at the table with a beaming countenance.
But instead of all that--here he was, the wealthy husband of an unfaithful wife, a retired gentleman-in-waiting, fond of eating and drinking and, as he unbuttoned his waistcoat, of abusing the government a bit, a member of the Moscow English Club, and a universal favorite in Moscow society.
After washing himself, he changed into the waistcoat left on the bed.
It consisted of a short skirted coat with rows of metal buttons, a tricoloured waistcoat and red cap, and became the popular dress of the Jacobins.
In the Barbargia the men have a white shirt, a black or red waistcoat and black or red coat, often with open sleeves; the cut and decorations of these vary considerably in the different districts.
Thus at Ozieri the men wear ordinary jackets and trousers with a velvet waistcoat; the shepherds of the Sulcis wear short black trousers without kilt and heavy black sheepskin coats, and the two rows of waistcoat buttons are generally silver or copper coins.
If the weather was cool they added a colored waistcoat.
Above these are generally worn a waistcoat without sleeves, and a long vest of silk, called e.
Whereas the European wears his waistcoat under his coat, the Indian wears his over his anga or chapkan (not over the achkan).
A sleeveless waistcoat generally made of silk is called a sadari; when it has half sleeves it is called nimastin; the full-sleeved waistcoat worn in winter padded with cotton is called mirzai.
He wore green velvet trousers, a canary-coloured waistcoat, low shoes, silver buckles, lace at his wrists, and his hair in ringlets."
Had on light mixed gray coat and waistcoat with metal buttons, corduroy breeches, round hat and plated shoe buckles if not altered.
I tied my jacket on the pack, and walked in my knitted waistcoat.
His landlord, who in a waistcoat and a pointed cap, pitchfork in hand, was clearing manure from the cowhouse, looked out, and his face immediately brightened on seeing Rostov.
Pierre took off his coat, waistcoat, and left boot according to the Rhetor's instructions.
He had just finished dressing for his ride, and wore a blue uniform, opening in front over a white waistcoat so long that it covered his rotund stomach, white leather breeches tightly fitting the fat thighs of his short legs, and Hessian boots.
Wearing a waistcoat over his cotton shirt, Ferapontov was standing before his shop which opened onto the street.
Ferapontov came out after her, but on seeing Alpatych adjusted his waistcoat, smoothed his hair, yawned, and followed Alpatych into the opposite room.
Pray do not put me in a strait waistcoat.
Men wear long trousers, frock coats, high-necked shirt, waistcoat and top hat.
The modern oriental open waistcoat finds its fellow in the jacket or bolero from ancient Crete, and seems to have been distinctively Aegean.
The women of the lower orders have trousers of printed or dyed cotton, and a close waistcoat.
At a time when Ralph Waldo Emerson could write to Thomas Carlyle, "We are all a little wild here with numberless projects of social reform; not a reading man but has a draft of a new community in his waistcoat pocket," - the Brook Farm project certainly did not appear as impossible a scheme as many others that were in the air.
He wears a yellow waistcoat and breeches, buff gauntlets and no sash.
He was generally in evening dress - black pantaloons (tight) and a white waistcoat, with Blue Ribbon and Garter.
He then gave every tin a random push, and put the die in his waistcoat pocket.
As well as the Union Jack waistcoat, Prince William also favored one in blue with large white polka dots.
His somewhat portly figure always sported a white waistcoat with a gold watch and chain.
The light on the lanterns fell on his beaming face; the golden buttons shone on his embroidered silk waistcoat.
Gentlemen are required to wear either black or gray morning dress, including a waistcoat, with a top hat.
A matching waistcoat can be made for £ 75, in which case there is no need for a belt to be worn.
My favorite is my bright yellow helmet, complimented by a yellow reflective waistcoat.
Dressed in black, but with a bright red waistcoat, Essex executed at the Tower of London on February 25, 1601.
A free high visibility waistcoat is available for any employe on request to help encourage cycling to work.
At the same time his love of the marvellous found gratification in the wonders of the Arabian Nights, and it is further characteristically related of him that he used to carry continually in his waistcoat pocket a miniature copy of Ossian, passages from which he frequently recited with "sonorous elocution and vehement gesticulation."
What's that mess? she said, pointing to his waistcoat.
I want five hundred rubles, and taking out her cambric handkerchief she began wiping her husband's waistcoat.
This meant that Tikhon was not handing him the waistcoat he wanted.
Had a good waistcoat given me by John Turner Tailor &c Aug. 2nd.
They produced many of the brooches during the white waistcoat era and 1970s.
Fishing vests Our river fishing waistcoat is unique in the UK and provides 50N of buoyancy, ideal for river or boat fishing inland.
This was worn over a long, white linen shirt with a high collar and a hip-length waistcoat (called a vest in modern America).
A cummerbund or waistcoat is acceptable as well.
No man would consider himself dressed unless he was wearing trousers, a waistcoat over his shirt and a coat.
Country Life jacket, which has a rear vent, horn buttons and can be part of a suit with a matching waistcoat, trousers and cap.
Throughout the century, men's daily wear consisted of a shirt, breeches or trousers, a waistcoat and a coat.