In clothing, the term double-breasted refers to a coat or jacket with wide, overlapping front flaps and two parallel columns of buttons or snaps; by contrast, a single-breasted coat has a narrow overlap and only one column of buttons. In most modern double-breasted coats, one column of buttons is decorative, while the other functional. The other b...
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• (a.) Folding or lapping over on the breast, with a row of buttons and buttonholes on each side; as, a double-breasted coat.
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Having one-half of the front lapped over the other, and usually has a double row of buttons and a single row of buttonholes.
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Dou'ble-breast`ed adjective Folding or lapping over on the breast, with a row of buttons and buttonholes on each side; as, a
double-breasted coat.
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adj] - (of clothing) fastened by lapping one edge of the front well over the other usually with a double row of buttons
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adjective (of clothing) fastened by lapping one edge of the front well over the other usually with a double row of buttons; `double-breasted jacket`; `double-breasted suit`
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(of a coat, jacket, etc.) overlapping sufficiently in front to allow for two rows of buttons. · (of a suit) having a coat or jacket that so overlaps. Cf.
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