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single-breasted

ADJECTIVE
  1. (of clothing) closing with a narrow overlap and fastened with a single row of buttons
    a single-breasted jacket

How To Use single-breasted In A Sentence

  • Grooms would omit the frock coat for a plain single-breasted overcoat, and substitute the top hat or bowler with a flat cap. Ask Evangeline | Edwardian Promenade
  • The fashionable overcoat in winter is a Chesterfield or single-breasted frock of kersey or like material in brown, blue, or black, with velvet collar. The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men
  • It was single-breasted, not a trench coat; I remember that. WORST FEARS REALIZED
  • Morning dress consisted of a morning coat, which was almost always single-breasted, of serge, worsted, cheviot or vicuna, and black or iron-gray; a waistcoat, either single - or double-breasted, which matched the coat or was of a lighter color; striped spongebag trousers (trousers of wool serge, baggy at knee); a cravat; and silk hat (though a bowler/Homburg could be worn). Dressing the Edwardian Man | Edwardian Promenade
  • * My tradition for the Tradition before the Tradition: I wear a suit -- not a track suit, mind you, but a charcoal, single-breasted suit replete with a white dress shirt and red necktie. Ben Falik: Hot to Trot: The Tradition Before the Tradition
  • We waded through all the beautiful suits that had been chucked away and eventually found a smart, single-breasted, putty-coloured number from Balmain Paris. Suits you, young sirs
  • Barrel or pigeon chests shouldn't wear shawl collars for fear of looking like the aforementioned bird; on the über-broad-chested, a single-breasted suit avoids the mafia vibe; skinny and tall look more pulled-together in double-breasted. The Black and White on Black Tie
  • It's that time of year again, when I ask myself if I should be wearing a single or double-breasted overcoat with my single-breasted suits.
  • Dior Homme Or single-breasted tuxedos from Dior Homme, like this black wool jacket £2,100, or Yves St. Laurent. A Formal Affair
  • a single-breasted jacket
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