Argyll? Vest? Waistcoat? what's in a name

[Carolina Kiltman]

First, I'll start with the easy one... a Waistcoat IS a vest. They're one in the same... 2 different words to describe the same thing.

Generally the two are the same, on this side of the Atlantic it is called a vest, on the other a waistcoat, often pronounced weskit. However in certain specialized situations the vest has one or more straps, and sometimes no real back at all. But on this forum, the only distinction made is between the fitted one, with no adjustment strap(s) and the adjustable one.