pencil skirt

American  

[pen-suhl skert] / ˈpɛn səl ˌskərt /

noun

1. a close-fitting skirt that hangs straight down or tapers toward the hem.

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Etymology

Origin of pencil skirt

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

Anat was waiting for her just beyond the doors of the theater wearing a crop top and the vintage pencil skirt that Molly had given her because she couldn’t fit into it.

From Literature

If they’re in a pencil skirt, we’re not doing crazy leg movement.

From Los Angeles Times

For that show she modeled a brown jacket, a black pencil skirt, a black handbag and black stilettos.

From Los Angeles Times

There are photos of Jackie coming down the stairs in a ballgown for a candlelit dinner party, and others showing her dressed “casually” in a plaid pencil skirt while talking on the phone in a second-floor bedroom, and on the patio petting the dog.

From Washington Post

Gigi Hadid led models on the runway dressed in a black pencil skirt and power-shouldered blazer.

From Reuters