Definition of PETTICOAT

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Recent Examples on the Web: Noun The petticoat went firmly around my waist, and my blouse, tailor made to measure in India, closed in the front like a corset, its short sleeves tight around my underarms. — Meara Sharma, Vogue, "Why I Am Taking the Sari Back to the Street," 30 Apr. 2019 Viktor & Rolf Mariage, known for its wearable art-like designs, presented a dramatic taffeta V-neck gown with a petticoat-style skirt in its latest collection inspired by a winter garden. — Ivy Manners, New York Times, "What We Saw at New York Bridal Fashion Week," 10 Oct. 2019 And then the score: frilly dresses with petticoats for her and her three older sisters. — René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, "Solo Serve opened 100 years ago. San Antonians look back," 11 Oct. 2019 Browne's collection was a confectionery of colors — a Laduree macaron box of pastels in pink, lemon and mint — complete with the cage-like panniers of a petticoat, sometimes sans culotte. — Rhonda Richford, The Hollywood Reporter, "Paris Fashion Week: Cardi B Goes Undercover With Floral Face Mask," 29 Sep. 2019 With suitcases full of handmade dresses, skirt supports, petticoats, corsets and wigs, Taylor Shelby and a group of five friends flew to Venice’s Carnival in February with one goal in mind: to live like 18th-century women of means. — Kinsey Gidick, Washington Post, "Some travelers are dressing the part when they visit historic locations," 16 Aug. 2019 The March women wear corsets and bib dresses or petticoats and linen peasant blouses. — Vogue, "Thanks to Little Women, The Prairie Dress Trend May Live On Into 2020," 13 Aug. 2019 The costumes were enormous — big skirts, so much petticoat — and trying to cram them into a basement wasn’t working. — John Wenzel, The Know, "Look closely at Broadway’s “Anastasia” to see Colorado costume shop Redthreaded," 4 Aug. 2019 Costumes and cumbia music But perhaps their most eye-catching quality is the pollera skirt, a knee-length garment made by extensive pleating of sparkling fabric and further puffed by multiple petticoats beneath. — Nell Haynes, The Conversation, "How indigenous women revolutionized Bolivian wrestling," 5 July 2019

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“Petticoat.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/petticoat. Accessed 28 January 2020.