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Underslip vs Petticoat - What's the difference?

underslip | petticoat |

As nouns the difference between underslip and petticoat

is that underslip is a woman's undergarment while petticoat is a tight, usually padded undercoat worn by men over a shirt and under the doublet.

underslip

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A woman's undergarment.
  • (ceramics) An underlying layer of slip.
  • * 2011 , Walter R. T. Witschey, Clifford T. Brown, Historical Dictionary of Mesoamerica (page 336)
  • The designs in the slip appear to have been created through a negative resist technique, in which a lighter-colored underslip shows through a darker overlying slip.

    petticoat

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (historical) A tight, usually padded undercoat worn by men over a shirt and under the doublet.
  • (historical) A woman's undercoat, worn to be displayed beneath an open gown.
  • 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.
  • Synonyms

    * underskirt