casaquin

Her bust was inclosed in what was called a "casaquin," another obsolete name for a short gown or jacket.

Bureaucracy Honor�� de Balzac 1824

From the large wadded sleeves of the casaquin issued two withered but still vigorous arms, at the ends of which flourished her hands, their brownish-red color making the white arms look like poplar-wood.

Beatrix 1839

Her body was encased in the casaquin of Brittany, a species of spencer made of the same cloth as the cotillon, adorned with a collarette of many pleats, the washing of which caused the only dispute she ever had with her sister-inlaw, — her habit being to change it only once a week.

Beatrix 1839

She carried at the end of a string fastened to the belt of her/casaquin/, a boatswain's whistle, with which she was wont to summon Mariotte by one, and Gasselin by two notes.

Beatrix Honor�� de Balzac 1824

From the large wadded sleeves of the/casaquin/issued two withered but still vigorous arms, at the ends of which flourished her hands, their brownish-red color making the white arms look like poplar-wood.

Beatrix Honor�� de Balzac 1824

To see a barefoot man beside a woman in dingy _volante_ and _casaquin_, with two or three lads of ten or twelve in front, whose feet have known sunburn and frost but never a shoe, and a damsel or two in cotton homespun dress made of one piece from collar to hem, and pantalettes of the same reaching to the ankles -- all standing and looking the picture of witless incapacity, and making no plea against tyranny!

Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana George Washington Cable 1884

She carried at the end of a string fastened to the belt of her casaquin, a boatswain’s whistle, with which she was wont to summon Mariotte by one, and Gasselin by two notes.

Beatrix 1839