单词 | under-petticoat |
释义 | under-petticoatn. (under- prefix1 2b(a).) ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > underskirt wyliecoat1544 petticoata1616 under-petticoat1625 undercoat1740 dicky1753 slip1825 under-skirt1861 skirt1862 foundation1893 blouse slip1907 petti1915 skirty1922 slip-dress1964 1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis i. xv. 41 Shee..herselfe comes, hauing onely put on an vnder-petticoate. 1670 in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 21 Plaine black skirts,..and the under pettycoatt very richly laced. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 295. ¶10 He would..have presented her..with the Sheering of his Sheep to keep her in Under-Petticoats. 1716 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 22 Aug. (1965) I. 255 Like a poor Town Lady of Pleasure..with..a ragged under petticoat. 1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy V. vii. 43 Her bed-gowns, and comfortable under-petticoats. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. xvi. 295 Why one should go out to dine with one's own daughter..as if one's under-petticoat was a backboard. 1924 R. Macaulay Orphan Island xiii. 156 Flora looked with interest at Rosamond's cami-knickers, Rosamond at Flora's under-petticoat of scarlet-dyed cocoa-nut cloth. Derivatives ˈunder-ˌpetticoated adj. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing underwear > wearing underskirt under-petticoated1748 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. lxxviii. 257 They were all slip-shoed; stockenless some; only under-petticoated all. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1625 |
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