Clothing worn on formal occasions.
Requiring a full-scale operation with attention to every minute detail.
A woman's undercoat, worn to be displayed beneath an open gown.
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.
A woman.
A fisherman's loose canvas or oilcloth skirt.
A bell-mouthed piece over the exhaust nozzles in the smokebox of a locomotive, strengthening and equalising the draught through the boiler-tubes.
A type of ornamental skirt or underskirt, often displayed below a dress; chiefly in plural, designating a woman's skirts collectively.
A tight, usually padded undercoat worn by men over a shirt and under the doublet.
To dress in a petticoat.