spencer

noun4

1. •
   A (usually woollen) vest worn by women and girls for extra warmth.
2. •
   (historical) A short double-breasted men's overcoat worn in the 18th and 19th centuries.
3. •
   (historical) A short, close-fitting jacket primarily worn by women and children in the early 19th century.

   • In order to support and illustrate this assertion, I shall commence my remarks with the spencer, which has often been attacked by satyrical and cynical writers as an absurd and original dress. — 1799
4. •
   A large loose-fitted gaffsail on a square-rigger or barque, used from the nineteenth century onwards.