Associations to the word «Blouse»

Wiktionary

BLOUSE, noun. An outer garment, usually loose, that is similar to a shirt and reaches from the neck to the waist or below. Nowadays, in colloquial use, blouse refers almost always to a woman's shirt that buttons down the front.
BLOUSE, noun. (military) A loose-fitting uniform jacket.
BLOUSE, verb. To hang a garment in loose folds.
BLOUSE, verb. (military) To tuck one's pants/trousers (into one's boots).

Dictionary definition

BLOUSE, noun. A top worn by women.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats