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Written by morgan
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Wednesday, 28 June 2006 |
A petticoat or underskirt is an article of clothing for women; specifically an
undergarment to be worn under a skirt, dress or sari. The petticoat is a separate
garment hanging from the waist (unlike the chemise).
* In historical contexts (sixteenth to mid-nineteenth centuries), petticoat
refers to any separate skirt worn with a gown, bedgown, bodice or jacket; these
petticoats are not strictly speaking underwear as they were made to be seen.
* in both historical and modern contexts, petticoat refers to skirt-like undergarments
worn for warmth or to give the skirt or dress the desired fashionable shape.
In this context a petticoat may be called an underskirt (UK) or half slip (US),
with petticoat restricted to extremely full garments.
* Petticoat is the standard name in English for any underskirt worn as part
of non-Western clothing, as with the sari.
From Wikipedia
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