2. s. (chiefly British) A sleeveless, collarless garment worn over a shirt and under a suit jacket."waistcoat." Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 09 Apr. 2007."waistcoat." Merriam-Webste
jerkin
jerkin
1. s. (historical) A type of men's garment popular in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: a close-fitting collarless jacket, with or without sleeves.
2. s. A sleeveless jacket, usually leather; a long waistcoat.
3. s. alt form, gyrkin
vest
1. chaleco, chalequillo
vest
1. s. (now rare) A loose robe or outer garment worn historically by men in Arab or Middle Eastern countries.
2. s. (now North America) A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat.
3. s. (British) A sleeveless garment, often with a low-cut neck, usually worn under a shirt or blouse.
4. s. A sleeveless top, typically with identifying colours or logos, worn by an athlete or member of a sports team.
5. s. Any sleeveless outer garment, often for a purpose such as identification, safety, or storage.
6. s. A vestment.
7. s. Clothing generally; array; garb.
8. v. To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.
9. v. To clothe with authority, power, etc.; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; followed by with and the thing conferred.
to vest a court with power to try cases of life and death
10. v. To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; with in before the possessor.
The power of life and death is vested in the king, or in the courts.
11. v. (obsolete) To invest; to put.
to vest money in goods, land, or houses
12. v. (legal) To clothe with possession; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of.
to vest a person with an estate
an estate is vested in possession
13. v. (commonly used of financial arrangements) To become vested, to become permanent.
My pension vests at the end of the month and then I can take it with me when I quit.
jumper
1. chaleco
jumper
1. s. Someone or something that jumps, e.g. a participant in a jumping event in track or skiing.
2. s. A person who attempts suicide by jumping from a great height.
3. s. A short length of electrical conductor, to make a temporary connection. Also jump wire.
4. s. A removable connecting pin on an electronic circuit board.
5. s. A long drilling tool used by masons and quarry workers, consisting of an iron bar with a chisel-edged steel tip at one or both ends, operated by striking it against the rock, turning it slightly with
6. s. (US) A crude kind of sleigh, usually a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills.
7. s. (arachnology, informal) A jumping spider
8. s. The larva of the cheese fly.
9. s. (historical, 18th century) One of certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions.
10. s. (horology) A spring to impel the star wheel, or a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece.
11. s. (basketball) A shot in which the player releases the ball at the highest point of a jump; a jump shot.
12. s. A nuclear power plant worker who repairs equipment in areas with extremely high levels of radiation.
13. v. To connect with an electrical jumper.
14. s. (chiefly British, Australian) A woolen sweater or pullover.
15. s. A loose outer jacket, especially one worn by workers and sailors.
16. s. A one-piece, sleeveless dress, or a skirt with straps and a complete or partial bodice, usually worn over a blouse by women and children.
17. s. (usually as jumpers) Rompers.
sweater
1. s. Suéter.
sweater
1. s. A knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise.
2. s. (US) A similar garment worn for warmth.
3. s. One who sweats (produces sweat).
4. s. One who or that which causes to sweat.
5. s. A diaphoretic remedy.
6. s. (archaic) One who sweats coins, i.e. removes small portions by shaking them.
7. s. (obsolete) A London street ruffian in Queen Anne's time who prodded weak passengers with his sword-point.
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