blouse´like´

blouse´like´
blouse «blows, blowz», noun, verb, bloused, blous|ing.
–n.
1. a loose or fitted upper garment worn by women and children as a part of their outer clothing: »

She wore a white silk blouse with a blue skirt.

2. a loosely fitting garment for the upper part of the body. Sailors wear blouses as part of their uniform.
3. a short, fitted coat, worn as part of a military uniform.
4. a kind of smock reaching to the knees, formerly much worn by European peasants and workmen to protect their clothes.
–v.i.
to project or hang loosely, as a blouse above the belt.
╂[< French blouse; origin uncertain]
–blouse´like´, adjective.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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