Brit-Speak: clothing

[Sarah]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "(Mrs.) Lee Storm (God Is The 
Healing Force)" <n2fgc at a...> wrote:
> If a jumper is an American sweater, then what do the Brits call the
> sleeveless dress-like garment under which one might wear a long-
sleeved
> blouse?  This is what we call a jumper...or used to when I was 
about twenty
> or thirty years younger. :-)

Do you mean a pinafore?  That woould be a sleeveless dress, or a tank 
top - a sleeveless knitted sweater. 
A waistcoat is what you would call a vest - so what do you call what 
we call a vest? (Underwear for upper body)
Sarah
also curious