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# petticoat

noun (plural petticoats)

«petticoat» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A skirt worn under a dress, long ago. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petticoat/#m1)
2. (old use, in fairy tales) A magic garment that does odd things in a tale. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petticoat/#m2)

### In the lessons

in fairy tales a magic petticoat is let down or turned into something else

### Examples

- She wore a white petticoat under her blue dress. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petticoat/#x1)
- The magic petticoat turned into drink. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petticoat/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «petticoat» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petticoat/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«petticoat» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/petticoat.html) on Mova free.