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Definition of Double-breasted
1. Adjective. (of clothing) fastened by lapping one edge of the front well over the other usually with a double row of buttons. "Double-breasted suit"
Definition of Double-breasted
1. Adjective. (context: of a jacket or coat) Closing with a double row of buttons that form a wide overlap. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Double-breasted
Literary usage of Double-breasted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Valentine's Manual of Old New Yorkby New York (N.Y.). Common Council by New York (N.Y.). Common Council (1916)
"To be sold at the auction room one was deep blue, double breasted of James Barclay,
No 14 Hanover jacket and overalls of the same, ceased person. ..."
2. A Naval Encyclopædia: Comprising a Dictionary of Nautical Words and Phrases (1880)
"Midshipmen, after graduation, are allowed a full-dress double-breasted coat, ...
Clerks and mates wear a double-breasted frockcoat, with nine navy buttons ..."
3. World's Columbian Exposition, 1893: Official Catalogue by Moses Purnell Handy (1893)
"Double breasted box overcoat, dress suit, etc. 652 43. Schaub Bros., St. Paul, Minn.
... Double breasted frock coat and waistcoat, trousers. 652 49. ..."
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