(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 undergarments was flung a rich velvet cloak.
1864. Mrs. Carlyle, Lett. (1883), III. 207. A good supply of woollen undergarments.
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.
