petticoat

A tight, usually padded undercoat worn by women over a shirt and under the doublet.

A woman's undercoat, worn to be displayed beneath an open gown.

A fisherman's loose canvas or oilcloth skirt.

A type of ornamental skirt or underskirt, often displayed below a dress; chiefly in plural, designating a woman's skirts collectively.

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.

“Yes, and her petticoat; I hope you saw her petticoat, six inches deep in mud, I am absolutely certain; and the gown which had been let down to hide it not doing its office.” “Your picture may be very exact, Louisa,” said Bingley; “but this was all lost upon me. I thought Miss Elizabeth Bennet looked remarkably well when she came into the room this morning. Her dirty petticoat quite escaped my notice.”

To dress in a petticoat.

Feminine; female; involving a woman.

petticoat influence

a petticoat affair