underpetticoat
Noun

underpetticoat (plural underpetticoats)

  1. (now, chiefly, historical) A petticoat worn under a skirt or another petticoat.
    • 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 225:
      I beheld the charmingest creature in the world, supporting herself on the arm of the gasping Dorcas, sighing, trembling, and ready to faint, with nothing on but an under-petticoat […] .



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