petticoat Synonyms
Another word for petticoat
• noun (Context 1)
A light, often ruffled or starched undergarment in the form of a skirt or dress, worn beneath an outer skirt or gown to provide warmth, modesty, or fullness and shape.
"The costume designer added a stiffened tulle underskirt under the velvet gown to give the skirt a fuller silhouette."
• noun (Context 2)
In historical dress, a woman's outer or secondary skirt worn with a jacket or open-fronted gown that revealed the decorative fabric beneath, or a short skirt worn by young boys before being breeched.
"Eighteenth-century portraits frequently depict women wearing an embroidered silk kirtle visible beneath a parted robe."
• adjective (Context 3)
Relating to, associated with, or dominated by women (historically used in phrases such as 'petticoat government', often with a dated or mildly disparaging tone).
"Critics of the nineteenth-century regency frequently complained about what they termed female rule at court."