joseph

== English == === Etymology === Probably in allusion to Joseph's coat of many colours in Genesis 37:3. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒəʊsəf/ (US) enPR: jō'səf, IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒoʊsəf/ Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -əʊsəf, (US) -oʊsəf === Noun === joseph (plural josephs) (sometimes capitalised) A woman's riding habit worn in the 18th century with a long cape and buttons running down the front. ==== References ==== “joseph”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. Earl, Alice Morse (1894), Costume of Colonial Times‎[1], C. Scribner's Sons, page 144