noun
Etymology
Origin of overskirt
Example Sentences
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She removed her long shimmering overskirt and put it aside, like a superhero slipping off her wrap before settling into the very human business of a match that began, for her, shakily.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 30, 2022
In time, two- and three-piece black ensembles of top, trousers and overskirt, oddly like feminized sailor suits, let women plunge in but not go too far.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2022
Look both romantic and seriously cool in this long-sleeve, lace minidress with a long silk overskirt.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 9, 2018
Yet, while the tapering small-waisted form of the light brown “Samurai 7” suggests an armored, crouched combatant, it also evokes the triangular bodice and full overskirt of an Elizabethan gown.
From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2016
I held my overskirt out in front of me to keep the raspberries from being crushed.
From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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