different between petticoating vs petticoat

English

Etymology

petticoat +? -ing

Noun

petticoating (uncountable)

1. Material for petticoats.
   • 1856, The mechanics' magazine (volume 64, page 43)

     The mixture of jute and cotton in the manufacture of bags, petticoating, canvas for tents, or other similar articles […]
2. The dressing of a boy in girls' clothing as a form of humiliation.
   • 2013, Heinz Duthel, Kathoey Ladyboy: Thailand's Got Talent (page 437)

     Petticoating roleplay may include being forced to wear makeup and to carry dolls, purses, and other items associated with girls.

English

Etymology

From Middle English petticote, petycote, peticote, petite cote, equivalent to petty +? coat.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?t?k??t/

Noun

petticoat (plural petticoats)

1. (historical) A tight, usually padded undercoat worn by men over a shirt and under the doublet.
2. (historical) A woman's undercoat, worn to be displayed beneath an open gown.
3. (historical) A fisherman's loose canvas or oilcloth skirt.
4. (archaic or historical) A type of ornamental skirt or underskirt, often displayed below a dress; chiefly in plural, designating a woman's skirts collectively.
5. 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.
6. (slang) A woman.
7. (historical) A bell-mouthed piece over the exhaust nozzles in the smokebox of a locomotive, strengthening and equalising the draught through the boiler-tubes.

Synonyms

• underskirt

Derived terms

• petticoat government
• petticoating
• petticoat pipe
• underpetticoat

Translations

Verb

petticoat (third-person singular simple present petticoats, present participle petticoating, simple past and past participle petticoated)

1. (transitive) To dress in a petticoat.

Adjective

petticoat (not comparable)

1. (dated) Feminine; female; involving a woman.

   petticoat influence

   a petticoat affair