English Dictionary

petticoat

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpɛtɪkəʊt/

名詞

歴史的 俗語

(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.

日本語の意味

（歴史的）男性が着る、シャツの上・ダブレットの下に着用する、ぴったりとした（通常は詰め物入りの）下着 / （歴史的）女性が着る、開いたガウンの下に見せるための下着

The actor slipped into a petticoat beneath his doublet to achieve an authentic sixteenth-century silhouette.

俳優は本物の16世紀風のシルエットを出すために、シャツの上に着て胴衣（ダブルレット）の下に着る詰め物入りのぴったりとした男性用下着を着用した。

意味（1）

(historical) A tight, usually padded undercoat worn by men over a shirt and under the doublet.

意味（2）

(historical) A woman's undercoat, worn to be displayed beneath an open gown.

意味（3）

(historical) A fisherman's loose canvas or oilcloth skirt.

意味（4）

(archaic or historical) A type of ornamental skirt or underskirt, often displayed below a dress; chiefly in plural, designating a woman's skirts collectively.

意味（5）

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.

“Yes, and her petticoat; I hope you saw her petticoat, six inches deep in mud, I am absolutely certain; and the gown which had been let down to hide it not doing its office.” “Your picture may be very exact, Louisa,” said Bingley; “but this was all lost upon me. I thought Miss Elizabeth Bennet looked remarkably well when she came into the room this morning. Her dirty petticoat quite escaped my notice.”

意味（6）

(slang) A woman.

意味（7）

(historical) A bell-mouthed piece over the exhaust nozzles in the smokebox of a locomotive, strengthening and equalising the draught through the boiler-tubes.

petticoats （ plural ）