foreskirt
English
Etymology
Noun
foreskirt (plural foreskirts)
- (historical) The front skirt (part) of a dress, in distinction from the train.
- 1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
- Honour's train is longer than his foreskirt.
References
- “foreskirt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.