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Single-breasted   /sˈɪŋgəl-brˈɛstəd/   Listen
adjective
Single-breasted  adj.  Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit of buttoning, and having buttons on one edge only; as, a single-breasted coast.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Single-breasted" Quotes from Famous Books



... arrived in his absence, and disappeared into his bedroom. From thence he emerged half an hour later attired in the costume of the day—a jaunty brown velveteen jacket, loose red scarf, speckled white waistcoat—single-breasted and of his own pattern and cut—dove-gray trousers, and white gaiters. No town clothes for St. George as long as his measure was in London and his friends were good enough to bring him a trunk full every year or two. "Well-cut garments may not make a gentleman," ...
— Kennedy Square • F. Hopkinson Smith



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