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Recent Examples of doubletThe gemstones come in pink doublet, red doublet, and mother of pearl.—Enjanae' Taylor, Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2024 Aristocratic men and wealthy merchants started donning more body-conscious looks: short, tight doublets, brightly colored woolen tights, and elaborate hoods with dangling tails.—Ana María Velasco, National Geographic, 17 Jan. 2024 One of these days the guy with a mustache
will begin to rage
against those who’ve had the temerity to lash
out at him with a sabre and slash
him like a Tudor doublet.—Paul Muldoon, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023 But in the early 2000s, birds from Prince George, British Columbia started singing a new song that ended in a doublet: Oh sweet Cana Cana Cana.—Jason P. Dinh, Discover Magazine, 13 July 2022 See All Example Sentences for doublet