(n.) An article of dress for women, consisting of a body and an outer skirt in one piece.
(n.) A stately Polish dance tune, in 3-4 measure, beginning always on the beat with a quaver followed by a crotchet, and closing on the beat after a strong accent on the second beat; also, a dance adapted to such music; a polacca.
Example Sentences:
(1) For instance Alive appealed to young men who liked true adventure stories, but my next book, Polonaise , was a novel about a sexually perverted Polish intellectual.
(2) His novels Polonaise and The Free Frenchman were also set in the context of the second world war.
Underskirt
Definition:
(n.) A petticoat; the foundation skirt of a draped dress.
Example Sentences:
(1) They included an elaborate military jacket, embroidered kimonos and a "petticoat cage" (a hooped underskirt normally worn under crinolines).