Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An outer skirt, especially a shorter one worn draped over another skirt.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An outer skirt.
- noun Drapery arranged upon or over the skirt of a dress.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An upper skirt, shorter than the dress, and usually draped.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
skirt wornvisibly , especiallyover anotherlayer , such as apetticoat .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an outer skirt worn over another skirt
Etymologies
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Examples
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Maybe it's the lasered lace on the sleeves and hem of the overskirt, which is so girly and dainty combined with the serious gray flannel.
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Maybe it's the lasered lace on the sleeves and hem of the overskirt, which is so girly and dainty combined with the serious gray flannel.
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The "overskirt," which was at that time just coming into fashion, though avoided by the more conservative, had been adopted by Aileen with enthusiasm.
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The bodice part, was of heavily gold-spangled material, and a kind of overskirt arrangement was a lot of long gold fringe made of beads.
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"I cannot move my right leg now," cried the ghost, in despair, "and my overskirt is a solid sheet of ice.
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"I cannot move my right leg now," cried the ghost, in despair, "and my overskirt is a solid sheet of ice.
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She wore a gown of golden brocade embroidered with pearls over an overskirt of deep blue velvet that complemented her eyes, simple by the ornate standards of her official appearances but effective all the same.
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The latest example is the peplum -- an overskirt, ruffle or flare at the waistline of a jacket, blouse, dress or skirt.
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She wore a gown of golden brocade embroidered with pearls over an overskirt of deep blue velvet that complemented her eyes, simple by the ornate standards of her official appearances but effective all the same.
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This overskirt, however, was insufficiently gossamer-like to achieve the effect.
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