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ˈsingle-breasted, a.
[f. single a. 19.]
Of a coat, waistcoat, etc.: Having only one thickness over the breast; not doubled by overlapping. Opposed to double-breasted.
1796Twining Trav. India, etc. (1894) 2 His thin silvery locks curled round the collar of his old-fashioned single-breasted coat. 1828Lights & Shades I. 296 Next in favour to the frock is the short single-breasted jacket. 1862Burton Bk. Hunter 31 Had chance thrown to him a court single-breasted coat [etc.]. 1885Pascoe London of To-day xii. 112 The coat altered its form, and became a dress coat, single-breasted. |