spencers
noun
- 1
A short double-breasted men's overcoat worn in the 18th and 19th centuries.
- 2
A short, close-fitting jacket primarily worn by women and children in the early 19th century.
- 3
A (usually woollen) vest worn by women and girls for extra warmth.
- 4
A large loose-fitted gaffsail on a square-rigger or barque, used from the nineteenth century onwards.
noun
- 1
One who works in a spence or buttery.
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