blouse
A shirt, typically loose and reaching from the neck to the waist.
Other meanings
A shirt for women or girls, particularly a shirt with buttons and often a collar; a dress shirt tailored for women.
A loose-fitting uniform jacket.
A kind of
- top
Word history
From French "blouse" (a workman's or peasant's smock).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “blouse” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.