"A close, tight-fitting garment, the skirts reaching a little below the girdle, as in the accompanying cut, from Fairholt's Costume in England. It was almost identical with the jerkin. The sleeves were sometimes separate, and tied on at the arm." — Chambers' Encyclopedia, 1875

Doublet

"A close, tight-fitting garment, the skirts reaching a little below the girdle, as in the accompanying…