= knickers, n. 2a.

Long, straight-legged underpants, typically reaching to the ankle and frilled or otherwise trimmed at the bottom of each leg, worn by women…

With plural agreement. A short-legged (originally knee-length), frequently loose-fitting, pair of pants worn by women and children as an…

. plural. Ladies' drawers or knickers. dialect and (schoolgirls') slang.

Originally: knickerbockers (see knickerbocker, n. II.). Now chiefly: knickers (see knickers, n. 2a).

Women's or girls' underpants; esp. short-legged or legless pants with an elasticated waist (now the usual sense). Also in extended use.

(see quot. 1913).

Of, pertaining to, or resembling a style of dress prevalent at the time of the French Directory, characterized by its extravagance of design and its…

= sense 2a. See also compounds 1 compounds 3.

A garment or shoe put on by stepping into it; spec. in plural, loose drawers (more recently, brief panties) for women (chiefly U.S.).

a type of (usually loose-fitting) women's knickers or underpants resembling shorts, typically made of a material such as lace or satin.

Now only plural. Underwear, esp. short knickers or panties for women. colloquial (originally U.S.).

(a) (in plural) originally Military unattractive (standard-issue) women's underwear; (b) gen. anything which discourages or inhibits sexual activity.

women's knickers or underpants made from parachute silk.

a type of fashionable ladies' knickers.