[blouse] n, pl blous.es [F] (1828) 1 a: a long loose overgarment that resembles a shirt or smock and is worn esp. by workmen, artists, and peasants b: the jacket of a uniform
2: a usu. loose-fitting garment that covers the body from the neck to the waist and is worn esp. by women -- blousy adj
[2]blouse vb bloused ; blous.ing vi (1904): to fall in a fold "coats that ~ above the hip" ~ vt: to cause to blouse "trousers are bloused over the boots"