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pet⋅ti⋅coat
[pet-ee-koht] 
iˌkoʊt
–noun
| 1. | Also called pettiskirt. an underskirt, esp. one that is full and often trimmed and ruffled and of a decorative fabric. |
| 2. | any skirtlike part or covering. |
| 3. | a flounce or valance fitting around the sides of a bed, couch, or chair, as to conceal the legs. |
| 4. | Informal. a woman or girl. |
–adjective
| 5. | of, pertaining to, or controlled by women; female; feminine: petticoat government. |
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| pet·ti·coat (pět'ē-kōt') n.
[Middle English peticote : peti, small; see petty + cote, coat; see coat.] pet'ti·coat'ed adj. |
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Petticoat
Pet"ti*coat\, n. (Zo["o]l.) [Petty + coat.] A loose under-garment worn by women, and covering the body below the waist. Petticoat government, government by women, whether in politics or domestic affairs. [Colloq.] Petticoat pipe (Locomotives), a short, flaring pipe surrounding the blast nozzle in the smoke box, to equalize the draft.
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Language Translation for : petticoat
Spanish:
enaguas, combinación,
German:
der Petticoat,
Japanese:
ペチコート
petticoat
1412, pety coote, lit. "a small coat," from petty + coat. Originally a padded coat worn by men under armor, applied 1464 to a garment worn by women and young children. By 1593, the typical feminine garment, hence a symbol of female sex or character.
"Men declare that the petticoatless female has unsexed herself and has left her modesty behind." ["Godey's Magazine," April 1896]
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petticoat
in modern usage, an underskirt worn by women. The petycote (probably derived from the Old French petite cote, "little coat") appeared in literature in the 15th century in reference to a kind of padded waistcoat, or undercoat, worn for warmth over the shirt by men. The petticoat developed as a piece of women's apparel-a skirt worn under an overgown-at the end of the Middle Ages. By the beginning of the 16th century, the overgown had an inverted V opening, and the petticoat, now visible, was brocaded or embroidered
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