— blouselike , adj.
/blows, blowz/ , n. , v. , bloused, blousing .
n.
1. a usually lightweight, loose-fitting garment for women and children, covering the body from the neck or shoulders more or less to the waistline, with or without a collar and sleeves, worn inside or outside a skirt, slacks, etc.
2. a single-breasted, semifitted military jacket.
3. a loose outer garment, reaching to the hip or thigh, or below the knee, and sometimes belted. Cf. smock frock .
v.i.
4. to puff out in a drooping fullness, as a blouse above a fitted waistband.
v.t.
5. to dispose the material of a garment in loose folds, as trouser legs over the tops of boots.
[ 1820-30; vêtement de laine blouse garment of short (i.e., uncarded, pure) wool; cf. Pr ( lano ) blouso pure (wool) bloz naked, c. OE bleat poor, miserable ]