petticoated

[ pet-ee-koh-tid ]

adjective

1. having or wearing a petticoat.

Other Words From

• under·petti·coated adjective
• un·petti·coated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of petticoated¹

First recorded in 1740–50; petticoat + -ed ³

Example Sentences

Petticoated porters thrust metal numbers at us so that we may be able to recognise them again and reclaim our luggage safely.

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Hygiene will attract the sanitarian, the nurse, the hotel manager, trousered or petticoated.

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Your own people will not own you, and no tribe of redmen would have you in their wigwams; you skulk among petticoated warriors.

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But when she walks, the full-petticoated peasant woman, then the red goes flash-flash-flash, like a bird showing its colours.

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A little globe, petticoated in soft silk, gave a yellow light to the walls and floor.

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