Word Study
singlet
CIDE DICTIONARY
singlet, n.
An unlined or undyed waistcoat; a single garment; -- opposed to doublet . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
singlet, n.
1 Brit. a garment worn under or instead of a shirt; a vest.
2 a single unresolvable line in a spectrum.
1 Brit. a garment worn under or instead of a shirt; a vest.
2 a single unresolvable line in a spectrum.
Etymology
SINGLE + -ET(1), after doublet, the garment being unlined
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