nethergarment

English

Etymology

From nether- +‎ garment.

Noun

nethergarment (plural nethergarments)

1. An article of clothing worn underneath; undergarment.
   • 1865, Louis Spohr, Louis Spohr's autobiography:

     Much too conscientious a Musician, to omit a note of his part, he patiently waited for the pauses, to pull up his nethergarment again.

   • 2000, Iris Brooke, James Laver, English Costume from the Seventeenth Through the Nineteenth Centuries:

     With this form of nethergarment the stockings are tied just below the knees, and often hanging over the garter like the tops of boots.

   • 2011, Roy Blount Jr., Alphabetter Juice: Or, the Joy of Text:

     [...] a narrow nethergarment, leaves more than you might think to the imagination.