Petticoat

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A woman's slip or underskirt that is often full and trimmed with ruffles or lace. Also called pettiskirt.
  • n. Something, such as a decorative valance or flounce, that resembles a woman's underskirt.
  • adj. Slang Female; feminine.
  • adj. Slang Of, relating to, or carried out by women.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A tight, usually padded undercoat worn by men over a shirt and under the doublet.
  • n. A woman's undercoat, worn to be displayed beneath an open gown.
  • n. A type of ornamental skirt or underskirt, often displayed below a dress; chiefly in plural, designating a woman's skirts collectively.
  • n. 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A loose under-garment worn by women, and covering the body below the waist.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A short coat or garment worn by men under the long overcoat.
  • n. A skirt: formerly, the skirt of a woman's dress or robe, frequently worn over a hoop or farthingale; now, an underskirt worn by women and children; also, in the plural, skirts worn by very young boys.
  • n.
  • n. A woman; a female.
  • n. A garment worn by fishermen in warm weather, made of oilcloth or coarse canvas, very wide and descending to the calf of the leg, generally with an insertion for each leg, but sometimes like a woman's petticoat, with no intersecting seam, and worn over the common dress.
  • n. In archery, the ground of a target, beyond the white. Also called
  • n. The depending skirt or inverted cup-shaped part of an insulator for supporting telegraph-lines, the function of which is to protect the stem from rain.
  • Of or pertaining to petticoats; feminine; female: as, petticoat influence.
  • n. In electricity, on an insulator for outdoor service, a downward projecting mantle intended to shed the rain-water.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. undergarment worn under a skirt
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    Hyponym
    crinoline   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Balmoral    crinoline    fustanella    underskirt   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    frock    bodice    blouse    shawl    gown    stocking    nightgown    waistcoat    sash    apron