[ˈdʌblɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a man's short close-fitting padded jacket, commonly worn from the 14th to the 17th century
(e.g: they were wearing red velvet doublets and hose)

- a pair of similar things, in particular two words of the same derivation but having different meanings, for example fashion and faction, cloak and clock


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, ‘something folded’, also denoting a fur-lined coat, from double ‘double’