middy in English

noun
1
a midshipman.
They left the two middies talking to one another, then entered the gundeck with the sound of snores reaching their ears.
2
a woman's or child's loose blouse with a collar that is cut deep and square at the back and tapering to the front, resembling that worn by a sailor.
An image of my middy blouse hanging alone on the clotheslines outside our kitchen window, buffeted by the wind, came to mind.
noun
    middy blouse

Use "middy" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "middy" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "middy", or refer to the context using the word "middy" in the English Dictionary.

1. Synonyms for Bodice include blouse, pullover, turtleneck, middy, shell, slipover, T-shirt, bodysuit, V-neck and corset

2. ‘the place is a magnet for sleazebags and Booners of every description’ ‘If it is anything like the place in my neck of the woods, it would be full of Booners drinking port out of middy glasses.’

3. She was somewhat shallow of hull and flat in the floor, to give her a light draught of water, but to compensate for this she was extraordinarily "Beamy," which had the twofold effect of imparting great stiffness under canvas, and affording fine roomy decks.A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy