doublet
pronunciation
How to pronounce doublet in British English:
UK [ˈdʌblət]
How to pronounce doublet in American English:
US [ˈdʌblɪt]
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- Noun:
- a man's close-fitting jacket; worn during the Renaissance
Word Origin
- doublet (n.)
- early 14c. as a type of men's garment, from Old French doublet (12c.), from diminutive of duble (see double (adj.)). From 1550s as "one of two things that are alike."
Example
- 1. The actor have to wear a doublet in the play .
- 2. Proton and neutron form a charge doublet .
- 3. You will be lucky to have doublet in this game .
- 4. In the times of the tudors , a man dressed in doublet and hose and wore a ruff .
- 5. He is dressed in elaborate white lace ruff and a gold-trimmed blue doublet of a kind worn only by the wealthy and successful men of his age .