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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Waistcoat \Waist"coat\, n.
      (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.

   Note: 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}.

资料来源 : WordNet®

waistcoat
     n : a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat [syn: {vest}]