spencers

noun

1. 1.A short double-breasted men's overcoat worn in the 18th and 19th centuries.
2. 2.A short, close-fitting jacket primarily worn by women and children in the early 19th century.
3. 3.A (usually woollen) vest worn by women and girls for extra warmth.
4. 4.A large loose-fitted gaffsail on a square-rigger or barque, used from the nineteenth century onwards.
5. 5.One who works in a spence or buttery.