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# doublet

«doublet» in Mova's school dictionary: **a close-fitting jacket with a short skirt, worn by men in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (doublet, doublets) (old use)

### meaning for a pupil

A doublet is a close-fitting jacket with a short skirt, worn by men in the past (old use, from the 1500s–1600s). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doublet/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old tales, a doublet is the fine jacket of a prince, a knight or a rich man, often described as silk or velvet.

### examples

- The prince wore a red velvet doublet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doublet/#x1)
- His doublet was torn when he fell from the horse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doublet/#x2)
- The old king's doublet had gold buttons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doublet/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «doublet» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doublet/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.