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Webster 1913 Edition
Waistcoat
Waist′coat
,Noun.
(a)
A short, sleeveless coat or garment for men, worn under the coat, extending no lower than the hips, and covering the waist; a vest.
(b)
A garment occasionally worn by women as a part of fashionable costume.
☞ The waistcoat was a part of female attire 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.
Nares.
Syn. – See
Vest
. Webster 1828 Edition
Waistcoat
WAISTCOAT
,Noun.