Definitions for waistcoat

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waistcoat waist·coat

Spelling: [wes-kuh t, weyst-koht]

IPA: /ˈwɛs kət, ˈweɪstˌkoʊt/

Waistcoat is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 270 anagrams from letters in waistcoat (aaciosttw).

Definitions for waistcoat

noun

1. Chiefly British. vest (def 1).
2. an 18th-century garment for women that is similar to a man's vest, usually worn with a riding habit.
3. a man's body garment, often quilted and embroidered and having sleeves, worn under the doublet in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Origin of waistcoat

First recorded in 1510-20; waist + coat

Examples for waistcoat

He will prolong your life and loosen every button on your waistcoat.

She took the podium in a black McQueen waistcoat embroidered with gold flowers and knee-high leather boots.

His waistcoat was red, and he wore knee-breeches, but his aspect was flustered.

Then he shut the door; and I tore my watch from the pocket of my waistcoat.

At another point he forgot his waistcoat, and sent another man to look for it.

What's that I see through the hole in your waistcoat pocket?

He took one, and placed it nonchalantly in his waistcoat pocket, as he had seen the others do.

He had stripped off his coat and waistcoat, and was busily at work in his shirt-sleeves.

He drew the dispatch from the inside pocket of his waistcoat.

Levi had taken off his coat and waistcoat and was fanning himself with his hat.