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petticoated, a.|ˈpɛtɪˌkəʊtɪd|
[f. petticoat n. + -ed2.]
Having or wearing petticoats; female.
1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) VII. 49, I will contrive to be the man, petticoated out, and vested in a gown and cassock. 1820Scott Monast. xiv, Here, dame,..is a letter from your petticoated baron, the lord-priest yonder. 1824Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. (1863) 155 Days of every variety of falling weather..too bad to admit the possibility that any petticoated thing..should stir out. 1859G. Meredith R. Feverel ii. iii. 22 A lady who..was the petticoated image of her admirable ancestor. 1871― H. Richmond xliv, She..was..in the squire's phrase, ‘a petticoated parsimony’. 1871M. Collins Mrq. & Merch. I. iv. 131 She wanted to make this..School a petticoated Rugby. 1900Queen Cycling Bk. 1 To see a petticoated woman [cyclist] struggling along on a windy day.
b. transf. Having a ‘petticoat’ or enclosing pendent fringe: see petticoat n. 6.
1858Lytton What will he do i. xix, This petticoated divan suddenly closed round the painter. 1880Baring-Gould Mehalah xii. (1884) 169 [His] gilt balcony and petticoated dressing-table.
c. (See petticoat insulator, petticoat 9.)
1900Engineering Mag. XIX. 754/2 They are supported on strong porcelain insulators, triple-petticoated. |