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Underpetticoat vs Placket - What's the difference?

underpetticoat | placket |

As nouns the difference between underpetticoat and placket

is that underpetticoat is a petticoat worn under a skirt or another petticoat while placket is a slit or other opening in an item of clothing, to allow access to pockets or fastenings.

underpetticoat

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A petticoat worn under a skirt or another petticoat.

    • placket

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a slit or other opening in an item of clothing, to allow access to pockets or fastenings
  • :* 1922': Dislike dressing together. Nicked myself shaving. Biting her nether lip, hooking the '''placket of her skirt. — James Joyce, ''Ulysses
  • :* 2001': When the '''placket of his shirt gave way, the stones tore freely into the skin on his chest and back, and he no longer imagined Lucy Hartley enjoying his guitar serenades – he wondered if he would get to the roof alive. — Glen David Gold, ''Carter Beats the Devil
  • (obsolete) A petticoat, especially an under petticoat.
  • (obsolete, slang, by extension) A woman.
    • (Beaumont and Fletcher)
  • (obsolete) A woman's pocket.