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noun
- 1. a woman's light, loose undergarment hanging from the shoulders or the waist, worn under a skirt or dress.
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A petticoat is a skirt worn by women, girls, or young children, or an underskirt with a ruffled, pleated, or lace edge. It can also mean something resembling a petticoat or something female.
Petticoat definition: an underskirt, especially one that is full and often trimmed and ruffled and of a decorative fabric.. See examples of PETTICOAT used in a sentence.
In historical contexts (16th to mid-19th centuries), petticoat refers to any separate skirt worn with a gown, bedgown, bodice or jacket; these petticoats are not, strictly speaking, underwear, as they were made to be seen.
A petticoat is an old-fashioned word for a slip, a piece of underwear worn under a skirt or dress. Learn how to say petticoat in different languages and see examples of its usage.
A petticoat is a piece of clothing like a thin skirt, which is worn under a skirt or dress. [ old-fashioned ] Neon bright petticoats clashed with printed and deliberately mismatched tailoring.
Definition of petticoat noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A petticoat is a girl's or woman's undergarment, often full and trimmed with ruffles or lace. Find out the origin, usage, and synonyms of the word, as well as translations in different languages.
