petticoat, half-slip, underskirt
(noun) undergarment worn under a skirt
Source: WordNet® 3.1
petticoat (plural petticoats)
(historical) A tight, usually padded undercoat worn by men over a shirt and under the doublet.
(historical) A woman's undercoat, worn to be displayed beneath an open gown.
(historical) A fisherman's loose canvas or oilcloth skirt.
(archaic or historical) 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.
(slang) A woman.
(historical) A bell-mouthed piece over the exhaust nozzles in the smokebox of a locomotive, strengthening and equalising the draught through the boiler-tubes.
• underskirt
petticoat (third-person singular simple present petticoats, present participle petticoating, simple past and past participle petticoated)
(transitive) To dress in a petticoat.
petticoat (not comparable)
(dated) Feminine; female; involving a woman.
Source: Wiktionary
Pet"ti*coat, n. (Zoöl.) Etym: [Petty + coat.]
Definition: A loose under-garment worn by women, and covering the body below the waist. Petticoat government, government by women, whether in politics or domestic affairs. [Colloq.] -- Petticoat pipe (Locomotives), a short, flaring pipe surrounding the blast nozzle in the smoke box, to equalize the draft.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 January 2025
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
