Word Meanings - GAMBISON - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A defensive garment formerly in use for the body, made of cloth stuffed and quilted. (more info) of German origin: cf. MHG. wambeis, G. wams doublet, fr. OHG. wamba,

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• GERMAN
  1. A native or one of the people of Germany. 2. The German language. A round dance, often with a waltz movement, abounding in capriciosly involved figures. A social party at which the german is danced. High German, the Teutonic dialect of Upper
• GERMANIC
  1. Of or pertaining to Germany; as, the Germanic confederacy. 2. Teutonic.
• FORMERLY
  In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore.
• GARMENT
  Any article of clothing, as a coat, a gown, etc. No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto old garment. Matt. ix. 16.
• QUILTER
  One who, or that which, quilts.
• GERMANIZATION
  The act of Germanizing. M. Arnold.
• DOUBLETHREADED
  Having two screw threads instead of one; -- said of a screw in which the pitch is equal to twice the distance between the centers of adjacent threads. (more info) 1. Consisting of two threads twisted together; using two threads.
• ORIGINABLE
  Capable of being originated.
• CLOTHESLINE
  A rope or wire on which clothes are hung to dry.
• DEFENSIVELY
  On the defensive.
• ORIGINATION
  1. The act or process of bringing or coming into existence; first production. "The origination of the universe." Keill. What comes from spirit is a spontaneous origination. Hickok. 2. Mode of production, or bringing into being. This eruca
• ORIGINANT
  Originating; original. An absolutely originant act of self will. Prof. Shedd.
• ORIGINATOR
  One who originates.
• STUFFING
  Any seasoning preparation used to stuff meat; especially, a composition of bread, condiments, spices, etc.; forcemeat; dressing. 3. A mixture of oil and tallow used in softening and dressing leather. Stuffing box, a device for rendering a joint
• DOUBLET
  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. (more info) 1.
• GARMENTURE
  Clothing; dress.
• DOUBLETREE
  The bar, or crosspiece, of a carriage, to which the singletrees are attached.
• GERMANISM
  1. An idiom of the German language. 2. A characteristic of the Germans; a characteristic German mode, doctrine, etc.; rationalism. J. W. Alexander.
• GERMANE
  Literally, near akin; hence, closely allied; appropriate or fitting; relevant. The phrase would be more germane to the matter. Shak. must be germane. Barclay .
• CLOTHESHORSE
  A frame to hang clothes on.
• SAILCLOTH
  Duck or canvas used in making sails.
• BEDCLOTHES
  Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed. Shak.
• ABORIGINALLY
  Primarily.
• WOLLASTON'S DOUBLET
  A magnifying glass consisting of two plano-convex lenses. It is designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion.
• HEARSECLOTH
  A cloth for covering a coffin when on a bier; a pall. Bp. Sanderson.
• BREECHCLOTH
  A cloth worn around the breech.
• NECKCLOTH
  A piece of any fabric worn around the neck.
• BROADCLOTH
  A fine smooth-faced woolen cloth for men's garments, usually of double width ; -- so called in distinction from woolens three quarters of a yard wide.
• UNCLOTHED
  Divested or stripped of clothing. Byron. 2. Etym: (more info) 1. Etym:
• BEDQUILT
  A quilt for a bed; a coverlet.
• INDEFENSIVE
  Defenseless. The sword awes the indefensive villager. Sir T. Herbert.
• CARBORUNDUM CLOTH; CARBORUNDUM PAPER
  Cloth or paper covered with powdered carborundum.
• SADDLECLOTH
  A cloth under a saddle, and extending out behind; a housing.