yem
nounUK /ˈiːəm/ · US /ˈiəm/
Etymology Borrowed from Vietnamese yếm, from Proto-Vietic *ʔiɛmʔ (“breastplate”), from Old Chinese 裺 (/*qromʔ/, /*qoms/, “bib worn by infants”).
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Business, Clothing, Fashion, Lifestyle, Manufacturing, Textiles A Vietnamese bodice with a halterneck and a V-shaped bottom worn by women on the torso, originally as an underbodice and now also as an outer garment.