BLOUSE

I. noun (plural ~s) Etymology: French Date: 1823 1. a long loose overgarment that resembles a shirt or smock and is worn especially by workmen, artists, and peasants, the jacket of a uniform, a usually loose-fitting garment especially for women that covers the body from the neck to the waist, blousy adjective II. verb (~d; blousing) Date: 1897 intransitive verb to fall in a fold , transitive verb to cause to ~