panty girdle

American  

Or pantie girdle

noun

1. a girdle with a crotch.

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panty girdle British  

/ ˈpæntɪ /

noun

1. a foundation garment with a crotch, often of lighter material than a girdle

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Etymology

Origin of panty girdle

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

Atwood continued talking about changing mores—the supplanting of the panty girdle by nylon tights, and the consequent innovation of the miniskirt.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 10, 2017

He has produced an atom bomb and a panty girdle, the vitamin pill, the comic book, the subway gum machine, the soap opera and the revolving door.

From Time Magazine Archive

An ad for a deodorant or a panty girdle seems right at home in a women's magazine; the audience is "selective" and the scanning eye can reject the ad if it wishes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Formfit and Emilio Pucci fired the first unembarrassed shot in the war against the monobuttock with the introduction of the natural-back "Viva" panty girdle in 1957.

From Time Magazine Archive