ˈunder-ˌgarment
(under-1 5 a.)
| 1530 Palsgr. 285/2 Undergarment for a woman, seurcot. 1547 in Feuillerat Revels Edw. VI (1914) 11 Gownes or vndergarmentes of playne clothe of Syluer. 1615 G. Sandys Trav. 68 Their vnder-garments (which within doores are their vppermost) do little differ from those that be worne by the men. 1831 Scott Ct. Rob. xiv, Over these under-garments was flung a rich velvet cloak. 1864 Mrs. Carlyle Lett. (1883) III. 207 A good supply of woollen under-garments. 1872 Earl Pembroke & G. H. Kingsley S. Sea Bubbles i. 29 Every kind of sail being hoisted, from new white canvas to the under garments of the lady passengers. |