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- Middle English · inherited frompetticote
- English todaypetticoat
From Middle English petticote, petycote, peticote, petite cote, equivalent to petty + coat.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
petticoat
Today it means: A tight, usually padded undercoat worn by women over a shirt and under the doublet. Full definition →
Middle English petticote