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justaucorps
[ zhoo-stuh-kawr, -kohr; French zhyst-oh-kawr ]
noun
- a fitted, knee-length coat, characterized by wide turned-back cuffs and stiff flared skirts, worn especially by men in the 17th and 18th centuries.
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of justaucorps1
Example Sentences
Trois Justaucorps, conte bleu, tiré de l'Anglois du Révérend Mr. Jonathan Swif. . . . avec les Trois Anneaux, nouvelle tirée de Boccace.
But after Kilmarnock had engaged in the Rebellion, and Lord Galloway was told of it, he instantly recollected this Story, and said, "I will wager a dozen Magnums of Claret, and my best Silver-laced Justaucorps, that my Lord Kilmarnock will lose his Head."
Justaucorps, 53. 603Juxon, Archbishop William, 285 n.
Raoul had thrust his hand up to the wrist into his justaucorps in great agitation.
After this exclamation, the officer arose and marched, with his hands in the pockets of his justaucorps, about the immense ante-chamber that served him as an apartment.
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