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Single-breasted   /sˈɪŋgəl-brˈɛstəd/   Listen
adjective
Single-breasted  adj.  Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit of buttoning, and having buttons on one edge only; as, a single-breasted coast.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Single-breasted" Quotes from Famous Books



... Master Basso, did you have pears for breakfast this morning?" Crime is walking round me, that is clear. Who is the perpetrator? . . . What a changed aspect the world has, since these last few lines were written! I have been walking round about my premises, and in consultation with a gentleman in a single-breasted blue coat, with pewter buttons, and a tape ornament on the collar. He has looked at the holes in the wall, and the amputated tree. We have formed our plan of defence—PERHAPS OF ATTACK. Perhaps some day you may read in ...
— Roundabout Papers • William Makepeace Thackeray



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