I did wonder whether 'vest' was specific to the waistcoat that is the third piece of a three-piece suit.
but if you want a sleeveless down or fleece jacket the outdoor shop will offer gilets...
If I wanted one of those, I would probably have asked for a fleece! But I just (in the course of this conversation) came across 'gilet' as an English term; though it doesn't seem to have made it into the news reports. I'm hearing 'gilets jaunes' mangled to a greater or lesser degree (the BBC can cope with 'gilets', but is uncertain about the vowel sound of 'jaunes': someone obviously made the mistake of writing it down, because by ear it isn't hard at all - but I digress...), or 'the so-called yellow vest movement' (so-called by whom? not its members, obviously) all of which betrays a dissatisfaction with the available terminology. Whather this is because 'waistcoat' is becoming unfamiliar, or because it feels too specifically linked to that three piece suit (or something else entirely) I don't know.
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but if you want a sleeveless down or fleece jacket the outdoor shop will offer gilets...
If I wanted one of those, I would probably have asked for a fleece! But I just (in the course of this conversation) came across 'gilet' as an English term; though it doesn't seem to have made it into the news reports. I'm hearing 'gilets jaunes' mangled to a greater or lesser degree (the BBC can cope with 'gilets', but is uncertain about the vowel sound of 'jaunes': someone obviously made the mistake of writing it down, because by ear it isn't hard at all - but I digress...), or 'the so-called yellow vest movement' (so-called by whom? not its members, obviously) all of which betrays a dissatisfaction with the available terminology. Whather this is because 'waistcoat' is becoming unfamiliar, or because it feels too specifically linked to that three piece suit (or something else entirely) I don't know.