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Doublet

Doublet Meaning & Definition
Doublet Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Doublet?

[n] a man's close-fitting jacket; worn during the Renaissance

Synonyms | Synonyms for Doublet:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Doublet: both | brace | cognate | couple | couplet | derivation | derivative | distich | double harness | duad | duet | duo | dyad | eponym | etymon | match | mates | pair | primitive | root | set of two | span | team | the two | twain | two | twosome | yoke

See Also | jacket

Doublet In Webster's Dictionary

\Doub"let\, n. [In sense 3, OF. doublet; in sense 4, F. doublet, dim. of double double. See {Double}, a.] 1. Two of the same kind; a pair; a couple. 2. (Print.) A word or words unintentionally doubled or set up a second time. 3. A close-fitting garment for men, covering the body from the neck to the waist or a little below. It was worn in Western Europe from the 15th to the 17th century. 4. (Lapidary Work) A counterfeit gem, composed of two pieces of crystal, with a color them, and thus giving the appearance of a naturally colored gem. Also, a piece of paste or glass covered by a veneer of real stone. 5. (Opt.) An arrangement of two lenses for a microscope, designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion, thus rendering the image of an object more clear and distinct. --W. H. Wollaston. 6. pl. (See No. 1.) Two dice, each of which, when thrown, has the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost; as, to throw doublets. 7. pl. [Cf. Pr. doblier, dobler draughtboard.] A game somewhat like backgammon. --Halliwell. 8. One of two or more words in the same language derived by different courses from the same original from; as, crypt and grot are doublets; also, guard and ward; yard and garden; abridge and abbreviate, etc.

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