Definition of "vest" []

• A sleeveless garment, often having buttons down the front, worn usually over a shirt or blouse and sometimes as part of a three-piece suit. (noun)
• A waist-length, sleeveless garment worn for protection: a warm down vest; a bulletproof vest. (noun)
• A fabric trim worn to fill in the neckline of a woman's garment; a vestee. (noun)
• Chiefly British An undershirt. (noun)
• Archaic Clothing; raiment. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The term vest is significant in the law, because it means that a person has an absolute right to some present or future interest in something of value."
• "I think PiT's suggestion about a vest is a god one."
• "In contrast to my take, KC thinks that the vest is a nice subtle touch to show that Corrigan is a man out of time, originally a 40s character."