[Named from the Earl of Cardigan, distinguished in the Crimean war (1855).] A knitted woollen over-waistcoat with or without sleeves.
1868. Rowe, in Gd. Words, 699/1. Rubbing … the sleeve of his brown Cardigan.
1879. Miss Bird, Rocky Mount., I. 278. I bought a cardigan for myself … and some thick socks.
1883. Daily News, 22 Oct., 7/1. Jersey frocks and Cardigans.
