subs. phr. (old).—A laced petticoat.
1667. R. HEAD, Porteus Redivivus (1684), XII. They will make their husbands pawn their consciences, as well as their credits,… for another story of lace more upon their petty-coats; as if women thought men’s fancies did not climb fast enough, without such a lecherous LOVE-LADDER.
