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English translation: doublet

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Spanish term or phrase:	jubón
English translation:	doublet
Entered by:	aidagda

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10:33 Jun 15, 2003

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Art/Literary / old fashion clothes

Spanish term or phrase: jubon

he encontrado doublet como posible traducción, queria la opinión de algún nativo.

aidagda KudoZ activity Questions: 787 (none open) Answers: 401 Spain
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doublet

Explanation:
It is indeed an item of clothing. Here's a definition:

"A close-fitting jacket, with or without sleeves, worn by European men between the 15th and 17th centuries."

(American Heritage Dictionary)

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WordReference suggests \"jerkin\" in addition to \"doublet\". This is defined as follows:

\"A close-fitting, hip-length, collarless jacket having no sleeves but often extended shoulders, belted and worn over a doublet by men especially in the 16th century\".

So if you don\'t like doublet, then go with jerkin. But doublet is suggested by both the Oxford and Collins Spanish dictionaries (WordRef being the online version of Collins), whereas jerkin is only proposed by WordReference/Collins.

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Rowan Morrell
New Zealand
Local time: 18:52

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thanks a lot Rowan, have a nice weekend
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doublet

Rowan Morrell

doublet

Michael Powers (PhD)

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peer agreement (net): +4

doublet

Rowan Morrell
New Zealand
Local time: 18:52
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 339

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thanks a lot Rowan, have a nice weekend

11 mins confidence:

doublet

Explanation:
As Rowan already stated in the first answer.

The Random House Dictionary states, regarding the meaning of "doublet" with clothes, teh following:

1. a close-fitting outer garment, with or without sleeves and sometimes having a short skirt, worn by men in the Renaissance.
2. an undergarment, quilted and reinforced with mail, worn beneath armor.

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Oxford Dictionary

jubón m doublet

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I would trust the American Heritage, Collins and Oxford over the Diccionario de la Real Academia. They are realistic and reflect language as used from a descriptive linguistic point of view - not a prescriptive point of view stating \"it should be\" when in reality it is not.

As a Ph.D. in linguistics, actual usage is more important that a book full of rules prescribing what sould be done.

For example, prescriptive grammar in English says you cannot end a sentence in a preposition. However, most educated (at least one university degree) native speakers would say:

\"I put the trash out.\" just as often or more than \"I put out the trash.\"

Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 00:52
Native speaker of:

English
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