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Meanings of vestee in English

Spanish
chaleco falso
Catalan
pitrera
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Narrow insert for the front opening of a dress, imitating a vest.

        chaleco falso
        Synonyms
        Examples for "chemisette"
        Examples for "chemisette"
        1
        Got to the house she put me on a clean chemisette.
        Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
        2
        A chemisette of the finest cambric appeared within the bodice, and covered the bosom.
        The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance
        3
        On the women we observe the graceful rebozo, the short nagua, and the embroidered chemisette.
        The Scalp Hunters
        4
        Pierrette wore a stuff gown with a chemisette, Bathilde made the velvet of hers undulate.
        Pierrette
        5
        She was as heroic and immovable in her high-necked chemisette as a sentry in his box.
        The Jealousies of a Country Town
        Usage of vestee in English
        1
        I wish I had a lace vestee and some long white gloves.
        Betty Gordon at Boarding School; Or, The Treasure of Indian Chas...
        2
        I'm going to make my next knitted vestee just like that.'
        Pipefuls
        3
        The Pitcher revealed a vestee, adjusted with gold pins.
        Bunker Bean
        4
        "I have 'em make a vestee," said Bean; "goes on with gold pins; adds dressiness, the man says."
        Bunker Bean
        Frequent collocations
        Translations for vestee
        Catalan
        pitrera
        Vestee through the time