petticoat
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Is petticoat a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of petticoat?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (historical) A tight, usually padded undercoat worn by women over a shirt and under the doublet.historical
2. (historical) A woman's undercoat, worn to be displayed beneath an open gown.historical
3. (historical) A fisherman's loose canvas or oilcloth skirt.historical
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.archaichistorical
5. (slang) A woman.slang
6. (historical) A bell-mouthed piece over the exhaust nozzles in the smokebox of a locomotive, strengthening and equalising the draught through the boiler-tubes.historical
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To dress in a petticoat.transitive
adj (English)
1. (dated) Feminine; female; involving a woman.Examples: "petticoat influence"; "a petticoat affair"; "Phœb[us]. Know you the Reaſon of this preſent Summons? […] / Merc[ury]. And Venus may know more than both of us, / For 'tis ſome Petticoat Affair I gueſs."datednot-comparable
Definition source: Wiktionary