单词 | pelmet skirt |
释义 | > as lemmaspelmet skirt 2. British. Also more fully pelmet skirt. A very short skirt, esp. one which reaches no lower than the top of the thigh. ΚΠ 1985 Times (Nexis) 16 July How odd they/we looked [in the 1960s] with..intrusive fringes and pelmets of skirts!] 1987 Guardian 7 Sept. 11/6 It's just a matter of inches that decides whether it's a bottom-skimming pelmet, a modest mid-thigh, or a frankly frumpy knee-length skirt. 1994 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 13 Apr. 5 The shortest of short A-line pelmets stop at the top of the thighs and are teamed with too tight T-shirts. 2002 Observer 10 Nov. (Food Monthly Suppl.) 59/1 That hovers at or about the hem length of a pelmet skirt—a smidgen south of the crotch area. < as lemmas |
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