A jacket or short coat; a close waistcoat.
outer doublet, usually sleeveless, or with sleeves made of rich cloth
1. A short, close-fitting coat or jacket, often sleeveless, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries. 2. A short, sleeveless vest worn by women and girls.
a tight sleeveless and collarless jacket (often made of leather) worn by men in former times
a kind of coat that does indeed go over a doublet, a vestment that was a precursor to the waistcoat or vest
a loose fitting vest, generally sleeveless
a waist-length vest, a sleeveless garment that was worn over a shirt or doublet
A males vest worn usual over a shirt proper.
Outer doublet worn in England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. It was sleeveless or with loose sleeves.
A jerkin is a man's short close-fitting jacket, made usually of light-colored leather, and without sleeves, worn over the doublet in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
