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underlinen

underlinen noun: underwear (especially, but not always, made of linen); any undergarment.

Noun

underlinen (countable and uncountable, plural underlinens)

  1. (dated) Underwear (especially, but not always, made of linen); any undergarment.
    • Suddenly she announced her intention of becoming a nun--sold her house and lovely garden, where she had spent so many happy hours with her flowers and her birds, distributed her pretty things among her friends, and accepted all the small trials of strict convent life--no bath, nor mirror, coarse...1914, Mary King Waddington, My First Years As A Frenchwoman, 1876-1879
    • In an open space before the church walked a woman with her gown-sleeves rolled up so high that the edge of her underlinen was visible, and her skirt tucked up through her pocket hole.1886, Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge

Forms of underlinen

pluralunderlinens

Origin of underlinen

From under + linen.

Questions about underlinen

What does underlinen mean?
Underlinen means underwear (especially, but not always, made of linen); any undergarment.
What part of speech is underlinen?
Underlinen is a noun.
What is the plural of underlinen?
The plural of underlinen is underlinens.

Words near underlinen in the dictionary

  1. underline
  2. underlineation
  3. underlineations
  4. underlined
  5. underlinement
  6. underlinen
  7. underlinens
  8. underliner
  9. underliners
  10. underlines
  11. underling

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