ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Sontag

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Sontag is a noun meaning (dated) A knitted worsted jacket, worn over the waist of a woman's dress.

Meaning

(dated) A knitted worsted jacket, worn over the waist of a woman's dress.

Example Sentences

If it had, only think what a scattering of clothing there would have been—skirts, dresses, sontags, double-dresses, shawls, cloaks, hoods, scarfs, veils, and little black strings[…]

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include waistcoat, shirtwaist, shirtwaister, strait-waistcoat, doublet, shirt-waist.

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