waistcoat

Definition of Waistcoat in English :

1. vest, waistcoat

a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Waistcoat

noun

1.

a sleeveless waist-length garment with buttons at the front, often worn under a suit jacket

. US, Canadian, and Austral name: vest

2.

a man's garment worn under a doublet in the 16th century

noun

1. British

a.

vest (sense 1) vest (sense 1a)

b.

a similar garment worn by women

2.

a somewhat longer, heavily ornamented sleeveless jacket formerly worn under a doublet

n.

1. A garment formerly worn by men under a doublet.

2. Chiefly British A short, sleeveless, collarless garment worn especially over a shirt and often under a suit jacket; a vest.