under-petticoat

Bless me, my dear, I had only my slippers and an under-petticoat on.

Clarissa Harlowe 2006

I pulled off my stays, and my stockings, and all my clothes to an under-petticoat; and then hearing a rustling again in the closet, I said, Heaven protect us! but before I say my prayers, I must look into this closet.

Pamela 2006

She turned me about and about, and I shewed her all my dress, to my under-petticoat: and she said, sitting down, Why, I am all in amaze, I must sit down.

Pamela 2006

He seized the fatal proof of his dishonour, and, meeting his spouse in her return to bed, presented it to her view, with a most expressive countenance, “Madam, you have dropped your under-petticoat in the next room.”

The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle 2004

Then she took off her pretty dress and put her red shawl on over her under-petticoat, which left her arms bare; and now she clasped the old woman's hand.

Heidi 2000

I wore the immense heavy waistcoat as an under-petticoat for three days without being able to find a favourable moment.

Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete Various

The under-petticoat, of cloth, is either of a bright colour, or dark with a bright-coloured border.

Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. Thomas Forester

He undressed himself; and, in the mean time, the young lady was stripped to her shift and under-petticoat, that she might run the more nimbly.

The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01 Anonymous

Mrs. Hartsel was fumbling in a deep pocket in her under-petticoat.

Ramona 1921

Submissively she did so, and presently stood before him in her under-petticoat.

Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes James Branch Cabell 1918