1. A woman's slip or underskirt that is often full and trimmed with ruffles or lace. also called pettiskirt.
2. something, such as a decorative valance or flounce, that resembles a woman's underskirt.
3. slang female; feminine.
4. slang of, relating to, or carried out by women.

1. A tight, usually padded undercoat worn by men over a shirt and under the doublet.
2. A woman's undercoat, worn to be displayed beneath an open gown.
3. A type of ornamental skirt or underskirt, often displayed below a dress; chiefly in plural, designating a woman's skirts collectively.
4. 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.

1. A loose under-garment worn by women, and covering the body below the waist.

1. A short coat or garment worn by men under the long overcoat.
2. A skirt: formerly, the skirt of a woman's dress or robe, frequently worn over a hoop or farthingale; now, an underskirt worn by women and children; also, in the plural, skirts worn by very young boys.
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4. A woman; a female.
5. A garment worn by fishermen in warm weather, made of oilcloth or coarse canvas, very wide and descending to the calf of the leg, generally with an insertion for each leg, but sometimes like a woman's petticoat, with no intersecting seam, and worn over the common dress.
6. in archery, the ground of a target, beyond the white. also called
7. the depending skirt or inverted cup-shaped part of an insulator for supporting telegraph-lines, the function of which is to protect the stem from rain.
8. of or pertaining to petticoats; feminine; female: as, petticoat influence.
9. in electricity, on an insulator for outdoor service, a downward projecting mantle intended to shed the rain-water.

1. undergarment worn under a skirt