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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024blouse /blaʊs, blaʊz/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Clothinga garment, usually for women and children, covering the body from the neck or shoulders to the waistline.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024blouse (blous, blouz),USA pronunciation n., v., bloused, blous•ing. n. - Clothinga usually lightweight, loose-fitting garment for women and children, covering the body from the neck or shoulders more or less to the waistline, with or without a collar and sleeves, worn inside or outside a skirt, slacks, etc.
- Clothing, Militarya single-breasted, semifitted military jacket.
- Clothinga loose outer garment, reaching to the hip or thigh, or below the knee, and sometimes belted. Cf. smock frock.
v.i. - Clothingto puff out in a drooping fullness, as a blouse above a fitted waistband.
v.t. - Clothingto dispose the material of a garment in loose folds, as trouser legs over the tops of boots.
- Old High German blōz naked, cognate with Old English bleat poor, miserable
- French, perh. from the phrase *vêtement de laine blouse garment of short (i.e., uncarded, pure) wool; compare Provencal (lano) blouso pure (wool)
- 1820–30
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: blouse /blaʊz/ n - a woman's shirtlike garment made of cotton, nylon, etc
vb - to hang or make so as to hang in full loose folds
Etymology: 19th Century: from French, of unknown origin |