Meanings
- not comparableClosing with a double row of buttons that form a wide overlap.
The train staff were at least smartly dressed. They had better be, or they were sacked. They had to keep their double-breasted uniform coats buttoned right up at all times,[…]
2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 1471 more example
The double-breasted blazer which is on every front row this season came with an elbow-length sleeve for spring, while jumpsuits, a signature of the label, came slinky and tailored or in a blowsier boiler suit silhouette.
2017 October 2, Jess Cartner-Morle, “Stella McCartney lays waste to disposable fashion in Paris”, in the Guardian
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(of clothing) fastened by lapping one edge of the front well over the other usually with a double row of buttons
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian двуреден
- двуреден (dvureden)closing with an overlap
Chinese Mandarin 雙排扣 /双排扣
- 雙排扣 /双排扣 (shuāngpáikòu)closing with an overlap
Estonian kaherealine, kahe nööbireaga
- kaherealineclosing with an overlap
- kahe nööbireagaclosing with an overlap
Finnish kaksirivinen
- kaksirivinenclosing with an overlap
German doppelreihig
- doppelreihigclosing with an overlap
Greek σταυρωτός
- σταυρωτός (stavrotós)closing with an overlap
Hungarian kétsoros
- kétsorosclosing with an overlap
Irish dúbailte
- dúbailteclosing with an overlap
Italian doppiopetto
- doppiopettoclosing with an overlap
Korean 더블브레스티드
- 더블브레스티드 (deobeulbeureseutideu)closing with an overlap
Russian двубо́ртный
- двубо́ртный (dvubórtnyj)closing with an overlap
Turkish çift sıra düğmeli
- çift sıra düğmeliclosing with an overlap
Welsh croeslabedog
- croeslabedogclosing with an overlap
Cite this entry
double-breasted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double-breasted
“double-breasted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double-breasted. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “double-breasted,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double-breasted.
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