"underrobe" meaning in English

See underrobe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: underrobes [plural]
Etymology: From under + robe. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|under|robe}} under + robe Head templates: {{en-noun}} underrobe (plural underrobes)
  1. A robe designed to be worn under other clothing, particularly another robe. Categories (topical): Clothing
    Sense id: en-underrobe-en-noun-Ark4Wxs0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1997, Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha, Random House, →ISBN:",
          "text": "But the next item, the underrobe, isn't really an undergarment at all. When a geisha performs a dance, or sometimes even when she walks along the street, she might raise the hem of her kimono in her left hand to keep it out of the way. This has the effect of exposing the underrobe below the knees; so, you see, the pattern and fabric of the underrobe must be coordinated with the kimono.",
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          "ref": "2005, Hilari Bell, Fall of a Kingdom, Simon Pulse, published 2003, →ISBN, pages 8–9:",
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        {
          "ref": "2012, Kari Sperring, The Grass King's Concubine, DAW Books, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Her fingers gathered up the clothing almost mechanically, stepping into silk trousers, tying the long strings of undergarments around her torso, wrapping over them first a cinnamon-colored underrobe, then one in rust, and over them both a heavy brocade garment in green and gold and black, hanging in swaying folds to trail across the floor behind her.",
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