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ˈunder-skirt [under-1 5 a.] A skirt worn under another, a petticoat; also, a foundation over which drapery or an overskirt is disposed.
1861Mrs. J. H. Riddell City & Suburb (1862) 90 (H.), She..affected flounces and many petticoats, wearing as many as eight or ten underskirts. 1883,1884[see overskirt]. 1907H. Wyndham Flare of Footlights xix, Nearly all the latter..displayed a greater amount of silk underskirt than seemed altogether necessary. |