petticoat
/ˈpɛt.ɪ.koʊt/ noun C2- A tight, usually padded undercoat worn by women over a shirt and under the doublet.
- A woman's undercoat, worn to be displayed beneath an open gown.
- A fisherman's loose canvas or oilcloth skirt.
- A light woman's undergarment worn under a dress or skirt, and hanging either from the shoulders or (now especially) from the waist; a kind of slip, worn to make the skirt fuller, or for extra warmth.
- A woman.
- A bell-mouthed piece over the exhaust nozzles in the smokebox of a locomotive, strengthening and equalising the draught through the boiler-tubes.
Plural petticoats
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“Yes, and her petticoat; I hope you saw her petticoat, six inches deep in mud, I am absolutely certain, and the gown which had been let down to hide it not doing its office.”
Her dirty petticoat quite escaped my notice.”
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