double-breasted
double-breasted adjective: closing with a double row of buttons that form a wide overlap.
Adjective
double-breasted (not comparable)
- Closing with a double row of buttons that form a wide overlap.
- The train staff were at least smartly dressed. They had better be, or they were sacked. They had to keep their double-breasted uniform coats buttoned right up at all times,[…]2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 147
- The double-breasted blazer which is on every front row this season came with an elbow-length sleeve for spring, while jumpsuits, a signature of the label, came slinky and tailored or in a blowsier boiler suit silhouette.2017 October 2, Jess Cartner-Morle, “Stella McCartney lays waste to disposable fashion in Paris”, in the Guardian
double-breasted meaning in Tamil
double-breasted in Tamil
- இரட்டை மார்புடைய
Questions about double-breasted
- What does double-breasted mean?
- Double-breasted means closing with a double row of buttons that form a wide overlap.
- What is double-breasted in Tamil?
- Double-breasted in Tamil is இரட்டை மார்புடைய. See Double-breasted meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is double-breasted?
- Double-breasted is an adjective.
Words near double-breasted in the dictionary
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