petticoat
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thumb|American petticoat, 1855–1865 thumb|Modern petticoat|alt=Modern petticoat
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- undergarment
- Image
- Underskirt.jpg
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- Commons category
- Petticoats
- name in kana
- ペチコート
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P8168
- Spreadshirt
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Terminology
- History
- Non-Western petticoats
- In popular culture
- See also
- References
- Citations
- Sources
- External links
thumb|American petticoat, 1855–1865 thumb|Modern petticoat|alt=Modern petticoat
A petticoat or underskirt is an article of clothing, a type of undergarment worn under a skirt or a dress. Its precise meaning varies over centuries and between countries.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “petticoat” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.