Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A kind of loose jacket.

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Examples

  • In front of the aviation and regimental flags the young aviator stood by himself in his black vareuse, looking slight and pale, but upright, with eyes sparkling.

    Georges Guynemer Bordeaux, Henry, 1870- 1918

  • In front of the aviation and regimental flags the young aviator stood by himself in his black _vareuse_, looking slight and pale, but upright, with eyes sparkling.

    Georges Guynemer Knight of the Air Henry Bordeaux 1916

  • For the rest, he certainly enrolled himself as a National Guard, and I more than once caught sight of him wearing _képi_ and _vareuse_.

    My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71 Ernest Alfred Vizetelly 1887

  • M. Laferté always wore his blouse -- except in the evening, and then he wore a brown woollen vareuse, or jersey; unless there were guests, when he wore his Sunday morning best.

    The Martian George Du Maurier 1865

  • Immediately he dragged me into a shop, bought a croix de guerre, pinned it on my vareuse, and hugged me before everybody.”

    Georges Guynemer Bordeaux, Henry, 1870- 1918

  • Immediately he dragged me into a shop, bought a _croix de guerre_, pinned it on my _vareuse_, and hugged me before everybody. "

    Georges Guynemer Knight of the Air Henry Bordeaux 1916

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  • To give some cachet to a jacket

    That otherwise simply would lack it

    You can, if you choose,

    Say it's a vareuse.

    It's a ruse of the high fashion racket.

    June 12, 2016