Meaning of Petticoat | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A tight, usually padded undercoat worn by women over a shirt and under the doublet.
   historical
2. A woman's undercoat, worn to be displayed beneath an open gown.
   historical
3. A fisherman's loose canvas or oilcloth skirt.
   historical
4. A type of ornamental skirt or underskirt, often displayed below a dress; chiefly in plural, designating a woman's skirts collectively.
   archaic, historical
5. 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.
6. A woman.
   slang
7. A bell-mouthed piece over the exhaust nozzles in the smokebox of a locomotive, strengthening and equalising the draught through the boiler-tubes.
   historical

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Examples

““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.” “Your picture may be very exact, Louisa,” said Bingley; “but this was all lost upon me. I thought Miss⟳ Elizabeth Bennet looked remarkably well when she came into the room this morning. Her dirty petticoat quite escaped my notice⟳.””

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