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nethergarment

noun

Etymology

From nether- + garment.

  1. derived from *warnijan✻ — “to ward off, refuse, deny”
  2. derived from guarnir
  3. derived from garnement
  4. inherited from garment
  5. prefixed as nethergarment — “nether + garment”

Definitions

  1. An article of clothing worn underneath

    An article of clothing worn underneath; an undergarment.

    • Much too conscientious a Musician, to omit a note of his part, he patiently waited for the pauses, to pull up his nethergarment again.
    • With this form of nethergarment the stockings are tied just below the knees, and often hanging over the garter like the tops of boots.
    • [...] a narrow nethergarment, leaves more than you might think to the imagination.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA