petticoat

noun

skirt-like undergarment, sometimes intended to show, worn under a skirt or dress

Pronunciation: /ˈpɛt.ɪ.kəʊt/ / /ˈpɛt.ɪ.koʊt/ / [ˈpɛɾ.ɪ.koʊt]

Etymology: From Middle English petticote, petycote, peticote, petite cote, equivalent to petty + coat.

Etymology: From Middle English petticote, petycote, peticote, petite cote, equivalent to petty + coat.

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

Etymology: From Middle English petticote, petycote, peticote, petite cote, equivalent to petty + coat.