underclothing

From under- +‎ clothing.

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underclothing (countable and uncountable, plural underclothings)

1. clothing worn next to the skin; underwear.
   • 1964, Philip K. Dick, “NINE”, in Clans of the Alphane Moon, United States: Ace Books, →OCLC; republished London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1996, →ISBN, page 112:

     She came in now, but to the closet; from it she took a simple skirt and blouse. Picking up her underclothing she departed, obviously to dress somewhere else.