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doublet (n.)

mid-14c., "type of tight-fitting men's outer garment covering the body from the neck to the hips or thighs," from Old French doublet (12c.), from diminutive of duble "double, two-fold," from Latin duplus "twofold, twice as much" (see double (adj.)).

Up until 18c. doublet and hose meant "typical male attire." From 1550s as "one of two things that are alike."

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Definitions of doublet from WordNet

doublet (n.)
a man's close-fitting jacket; worn during the Renaissance;
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