Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A skirt worn under another skirt; a petticoat.
- noun One skirt of a layered gown over which outer skirts are formed and draped.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A skirt worn under others.
- noun The foundation of a gown, on which drapery or an overskirt is arranged.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A petticoat; the foundation skirt of a draped dress.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
skirt wornunderneath another skirt; apetticoat . - noun An under
layer of amulti- layer gown over whichouter skirts aredraped .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun undergarment worn under a skirt
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Examples
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The underskirt is lace while the skirt and bodice are embroidered black velvet.
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As I buttoned the waist I noticed the underskirt was about six inches longer than the upper, and for a moment I sat down on the bed and laughed at my own appearance.
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She had covered her little old curled leaf of a hat with a tea-colored corner that had been left, and puffed it up high and light to the point of the new style, with brown veil tissue that also floated off in an abundant cloudy grace behind; and she had such an air of breezy and ecstatic elegance as she came beaming and hastening into the early car, that nobody really looked down to see that the underskirt was the identical black brilliantine that had done service all the spring in the dismal mornings of waterproofs and india-rubbers and general damp woolen smells and blue nips and shivers.
The Other Girls 1865
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YS has made me a wonderful new underskirt and if I'm lucky, I will receive a new pair of gloves in the mail tomorrow.
not a weekly nathreee 2010
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Anemoona has graciously agreed to make a new underskirt for Ellenora, which means I don't have to fix anything about the costume.
requests - giving mood nathreee 2010
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Coming together to launch NAHM for fall 2011, they fused their combined international experiences into one city-savvy line: think a burnt orange shirtdress with asymmetrical hem or black maxi dress with a shorter underskirt and long, sheer overlay.
Meredith Barnett: Two's a Charm: Meet the Design Duo Behind NAHM Meredith Barnett 2011
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Coming together to launch NAHM for fall 2011, they fused their combined international experiences into one city-savvy line: think a burnt orange shirtdress with asymmetrical hem or black maxi dress with a shorter underskirt and long, sheer overlay.
Meredith Barnett: Two's a Charm: Meet the Design Duo Behind NAHM Meredith Barnett 2011
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Coming together to launch NAHM for fall 2011, they fused their combined international experiences into one city-savvy line: think a burnt orange shirtdress with asymmetrical hem or black maxi dress with a shorter underskirt and long, sheer overlay.
Meredith Barnett: Two's a Charm: Meet the Design Duo Behind NAHM Meredith Barnett 2011
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YS has made me a wonderful new underskirt and if I'm lucky, I will receive a new pair of gloves in the mail tomorrow.
not a weekly nathreee 2010
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Anemoona has graciously agreed to make a new underskirt for Ellenora, which means I don't have to fix anything about the costume.
I'm in a giving mood nathreee 2010
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