doublet
Example Sentences
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According to the V&A Museum, the wide shoes "echoed the line of fashionable dress for men, who wore broad-shouldered padded doublets".
From BBC
But when they applied torque using the magnets, each particle began to rotate, creating temporary doublets that quickly formed and broke up.
From Science Daily
In Murillo’s “Prodigal Son” cycle, as the hero runs out of money and into disgrace, his silk doublet and finely paned sleeves disintegrate before our eyes.
From New York Times
No. 11 puts that into action, with free beers for the spectators charged with sewing a doublet.
From New York Times
The cuffs and collars and doublets, and curled and powdered wigs, are perfectly serviceable but could use more rococo ornamentation, with brighter colors, opulent fabrics and jewels.
From New York Times
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