different between underpetticoat vs petticoat

English

Alternative forms

• under-petticoat

Etymology

From under- +? petticoat.

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 […] .

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