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A garment worn below another.

An under-garment, worn by women, usually covering the neck, shoulders, and breast.

otton fabric employed for hangings and furniture coverings, and formerly used for women's under-garments. It is of many patterns, both plain and twilled, and occasionally is printed in colors.

An under-garment worn on the lower limbs. Chest of drawers. See under Chest.

A loose under-garment worn by women, and covering the body below the waist. Petticoat government, government by women, whether in politics or domestic affairs. [Colloq.] -- Petticoat pipe (Locomotives), a short, flaring pipe surrounding the blast nozzle in the smoke box, to equalize the draft.

Something frequently shifted; especially, a woman's under-garment; a chemise.

A loose under-garment for the upper part of the body, made of cotton, linen, or other material; -- formerly used of the under- garment of either sex, now commonly restricted to that worn by men and boys. Several persons in December had nothing over their shoulders but their shirts. Addison. She had her shirts and girdl…

A woman's under-garment; a smock. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Johnson.

A woman's under-garment; a shift; a chemise. In her smock, with head and foot all bare. Chaucer.

An elastic textile fabric imitating knitting, of which stockings, under-garments, etc., are made.

An under-garment worn by the ancient Romans of both sexes. It was made with or without sleeves, reached to or below the knees, and was confined at the waist by a girdle.

noun, and written with or without the hyphen; as, an undercurrent; undertone; underdose; under-garment; underofficer; undersheriff. Under covert (Zoöl.), one of the feathers situated beneath the bases of the quills in the wings and tail of a bird. See Illust. under Bird.

A sleeve of an under-garment; a sleeve worn under another,