Definitions from Wiktionary (petticoat)

▸ noun:  (historical) A tight, usually padded undercoat worn by women over a shirt and under the doublet.
▸ noun:  (historical) A woman's undercoat, worn to be displayed beneath an open gown.
▸ noun:  (historical) A fisherman's loose canvas or oilcloth skirt.
▸ noun:  (archaic or historical) A type of ornamental skirt or underskirt, often displayed below a dress; chiefly in plural, designating a woman's skirts collectively.
▸ noun:  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.
▸ noun:  (slang) A woman.
▸ noun:  (historical) A bell-mouthed piece over the exhaust nozzles in the smokebox of a locomotive, strengthening and equalising the draught through the boiler-tubes.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To dress in a petticoat.
▸ adjective:  (dated) Feminine; female; involving a woman.
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