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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a man's close-fitting jacket; worn during the Renaissance;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Doublet \Doub"let\, n. [In sense 3, OF. doublet; in sense 4, F. doublet, dim. of double double. See Double, a.] 1. Two of the same kind; a pair; a couple. [1913 Webster] 2. (Print.) A word or words unintentionally doubled or set up a second time. [1913 Webster] 3. A close-fitting garment for men, covering the body from the neck to the waist or a little below. It was worn in Western Europe from the 15th to the 17th century. [1913 Webster] 4. (Lapidary Work) A counterfeit gem, composed of two pieces of crystal, with a layer of color between them, and thus giving the appearance of a naturally colored gem. Also, a piece of paste or glass covered by a veneer of real stone. [1913 Webster] 5. (Opt.) An arrangement of two lenses for a microscope, designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion, thus rendering the image of an object more clear and distinct. --W. H. Wollaston. [1913 Webster] 6. pl. (See No. 1.) Two dice, each of which, when thrown, has the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost; as, to throw doublets. [1913 Webster] 7. pl. [Cf. Pr. doblier, dobler draughtboard.] A game somewhat like backgammon. --Halliwell. [1913 Webster] 8. One of two or more words in the same language derived by different courses from the same original from; as, crypt and grot are doublets; also, guard and ward; yard and garden; abridge and abbreviate, etc. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

doublet n 1: a man's close-fitting jacket; worn during the Renaissance
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

28 Moby Thesaurus words for "doublet": both, brace, cognate, couple, couplet, derivation, derivative, distich, double harness, duad, duet, duo, dyad, eponym, etymon, match, mates, pair, primitive, root, set of two, span, team, the two, twain, two, twosome, yoke