[UNDER-1 5 a.] Clothing worn below the upper or outer garments, esp. next to the skin. Also fig.
1835. T. Mitchell, Acharn. of Aristoph., 1061, note. Used also of veils, and women’s underclothing.
1866. Rogers, Agric. & Prices, I. xxii. 572. Linen for two purposes—for under-clothing, and for the table.
1878. Spurgeon, Treas. Dav., Ps. cix. 29. Where sin is the underclothing, shame will soon be the outer vesture.
