petticoat

Examples

• All

• Both were wearing long dresses puffed out with petticoats, but Joshua had eyes only for Lydia.

  Fiction book (1990)

• I perceived the door opening, saw a gold brocade petticoat advance, and sprang forward to embrace my charmer.

  Academic text (1990)

• "Certain stores faced west and required an extra petticoat for entering in the afternoon.

  Fiction book (1995)

• I was making a beautiful crewel-worked petticoat, a surprise for Mama.

  Fiction book (1994)

• And a hat with a feather, and a petticoat with flounces.

  The Hurricane (1937)

• One lady in a mildewed petticoat was holding her head in her lap.

  Fiction book (1999)

• But climb she did, in long skirt and petticoats, in a large hat.

• Lordy, that ain't nothing but my red silk petticoat you done give me.

  Gone with the Wind (1939)

• Look, your petticoat's showing.

  Donald's Better Self (1938)

• The innkeeper was half-buried in the petticoats he carried, his bristling whiskers barely visible over the foamy layers.

  Fiction book (1991)

Synonyms

U

underwear

vspetticoat

507 1.0

Clothes that you wear next to your skin under other clothes

is a light waist-hung underlayer rather than general inner garments

U

undergarment

vspetticoat

22 2.4

Clothing you wear under other clothes next to the skin

is a specific light waist-hung underlayer rather than any general underclothing

S

slip

vspetticoat

16 4.9

A loose undergarment worn under a dress or skirt

is a waist-hung light underlayer rather than a sleeveless inner garment

U

underthing

vspetticoat

• Informal

3 8.4

A piece of clothing worn under other clothes like socks or an undershirt

is a light, loose waist-hung underlayer rather than an informal general label

H

half-slip

vspetticoat

1 6.3

A short piece of underwear worn under a skirt to help it hang smoothly and stop it showing through

is looser and lighter, serving as a general waist-hung underlayer

U

underclothing

vspetticoat

1 1.4

Clothes you wear next to your skin under other clothes

is a particular waist-hung inner layer, not the full range of inner clothing

U

underskirt

vspetticoat

1 3.3

A thin skirt worn under a dress to make it fuller or more modest

is a loose light underlayer mainly for wearing under skirts, not for fullness

U

underslip

vspetticoat

7.2

A thin piece of clothing worn under a dress or skirt to stop it being see-through

is a light loose underlayer rather than a thin coverage layer

S

shimmy

vspetticoat

• Archaic

9.5

A woman's sleeveless slip worn under a dress or skirt

is a light waist-hung underlayer, not specifically a sleeveless inner garment

U

underclothes

vspetticoat

1.5

Clothes worn next to the skin under other clothes

is a specific waist-hung light layer, not all clothes worn under garments

U

undergarb

vspetticoat

5.9

Clothes worn next to your body, like underwear

is a specific loose waist-hung layer, not any garment beneath outerwear

Antonyms

O

outerwear

5 1.6

Clothing worn outside over other clothes like coats or jackets

O

overgarment

6.8

A piece of outer clothing you wear over other clothes for warmth or protection

How Full

hoopskirt

• Archaic

1 9.9

petticoat

12 5.7

slip

16 4.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology