waistcoating

[ wes-kuh-ting, weyst-koh-ting ]

noun

1. a fabric for making waistcoats.

Word History and Origins

Origin of waistcoating¹

First recorded in 1800–10; waistcoat + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Cloths, cassinettes, cassimeres, velvet silks, satins, Marseilles waistcoating, fine, calf boots, seal and morocco pumps for gentlemen, crepe lisse, lace veils.

From Project Gutenberg

The fancy waistcoating trade had uniformly had its cycles of alternate briskness and depression; but experience, however stern its teachings, could not teach unwilling learners.

From Project Gutenberg

Mrs. Carver bespoke from him two pieces of waistcoating, which she promised to dispose of for him most advantageously, by a raffle, for which she had raised subscriptions amongst her numerous acquaintance.

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