petticoat

petticoat englannista suomeksi

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petticoat englanniksi

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

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

3. A fisherman's loose canvas or oilcloth skirt.

4. 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. (RQ:Austen Pride and Prejudice)

7. A woman.

8. A bell-mouthed piece over the exhaust nozzles in the smokebox of a locomotive, strengthening and equalising the draught through the boiler-tubes.

9. To dress in a petticoat.

10. Feminine; female; involving a woman.

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11. (RQ:Dryden Amphitryon) / Mercury (mythology)|''Merc''''ury''. And ''(w)'' may know more than both of us, / For 'tis ſome Petticoat Affair I gueſs.