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BLOUSE
blouse
(noun) a top worn by women
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
blouse (plural blouses)
(fashion, obsolete) A shirt, typically loose and reaching from the neck to the waist.
(fashion) A shirt for women, particularly a shirt with buttons; a dress shirt tailored for women.
(military fashion) A loose-fitting uniform jacket.
Synonyms
• bodice (also used for undershirts)
Hyponyms
• Watteau bodice
Verb
blouse (third-person singular simple present blouses, present participle blousing, simple past and past participle bloused)
To hang a garment in loose folds.
(military) To tuck one's pants/trousers (into one's boots).
Antonyms
• (military): unblouse
Etymology 2
Noun
blouse (plural blouses)
Alternative form of blouze
Alternative form of blowess
Alternative form of blowze
Anagrams
• Belous, Lobues, besoul, boules, obelus
Source: Wiktionary
Blouse, n. Etym: [F. blouse. Of unknown origin.]
Definition: A light, loose over-garment, like a smock frock, worn especially by workingmen in France; also, a loose coat of any material, as the undress uniform coat of the United States army.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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