The children were barefooted and stockingless, and clad in the most deplorable rags, while the mother, also barefooted, was clothed in the regular cotton slip, without a particle of underclothing of any kind or description.
No matter what kind ofunderclothing she has on, or no matter if she hasn't any, the outside must be dressed in elegance and taste.
But she has no gown of woolen stuff--a cotton slip, without underclothing of any kind, makes up her costume.
Linen underclothing formed the first superstructure of the feminine costume and threw its penetrating chill to the very marrow of the bones.
If these women knew how the girls have to stint in underclothing and food in order to make what their employers call 'a genteel appearance,' I think they would pass quite another verdict.
As for us of the Ninety-Third, we lost all our spare kits, and were now without a chance of a change of underclothing or socks.
Our spare kits having all vanished with the enemy, as told in the last chapter, our quarter-master collected from the captured baggage all the underclothing and socks he could lay hands on.
Their underclothing was in a dreadful state, and they were covered with vermin, and had been like that for about twelve months.
Winter underclothingand overcoats assisted in making my public school attendance a trial.
The coat was shed as soon as I was out of my mother's sight, and the underclothing was hidden in an outhouse in the schoolyard until time to go home.
At this time underclothing had increased in quantity, for there are many indications that the men and women of the middle ages were often content with a bare change of linen at the best.
Of the underclothing worn next the skin something may be said apart from the general history of costume.
A valuable document concerning the underclothing worn by a citizen in the reign of Charles II.
On several occasions underclothing and pajamas were supplied by the hundred within twenty-four hours.
We took three sets of linen underclothing for every man, to wear in the warm regions.
Among our medical stores we had two large rolls of the most beautiful fine light flannel, and of this he made underclothing for all of us.
In addition, there was a complete outfit of underclothingand wind-clothes.
Our clothing in moderate temperatures consisted of thick woollen underclothing and Burberry windproof overalls.
It is a queer thing that, when one only has on light underclothing and windproof overalls, one cannot stand still for long without feeling cold.
This underclothing was specially designed for the purpose; I had myself watched the preparation of the material, and knew that it contained nothing but pure wool.
The best underclothing for the winter trail is good weight--though not the heaviest--woolen.
One suit of medium weight woolen underclothing in addition to the suit worn is ample for a short trip.
They had to take off underclothingand replace it after it was washed, apparently being almost all improvident.
Whew, a fellow doesn't need his winter underclothing on in this job, does he?
Bob's trousers were burned to the knees; his underclothing was burned and the skin of his shins was blistered from contact with the hot cinders and slag.
For the sum of five francs he had to sell clothes, hat, boots, collar, tie, and underclothingthat had recently cost him over fifty times as much.
Too white and clean to be soiled by the occupancy of two Confederate soldiers who had not had a change of underclothing for many weeks.
I wish to speak only of the underclothing habitually worn by our girls, and its mode of adjustment; these being, as I believe, the causes of much exhaustion and disease.
Heavy underclothing is entirely unsuited to the temperatures maintained inside our houses during the winter.
No underclothing or night clothing should be worn when attempting to carry out this idea.
He extinguished the tallow dip before he undressed, and thrust his underclothing under the pillow.
Hanne was standing in the middle of the room, with open mouth; and was engaged in putting on her fine linen underclothing by the light of a candle-end.
I expect I shall put a few of your socks and a little underclothing into his trunk; he's got no change.
On the other hand it must be fast to washing, for that is an operation to which underclothing is subjected week by week.
Aid came, and Gallardo arose covered with dirt, with a great rent in the seat of his trousers through which his white underclothing escaped, and minus a slipper and the mona which adorned his queue.
His underclothing was torn in some places and cut by scissors in others.
The girls learn to patch, darn, hem and make underclothing and dresses.
As soon as we were thoroughly thawed out we stripped to our underclothing and hung our things up to dry, permitting our underclothing to dry on us as we stood near the blaze.
His underclothing was made of birds' skins, like our own, and he wore a coat of fox-skins, with a heavy hood covering up the head completely.
The first thing, therefore, which I did was to divest myself of my own clothing, in order that I might give my warm underclothing to the boy.
However, those poor women were very thankful for the work and sewed faithfully on sleeping-suits and underclothing for poilus in the trenches and hospitals.
As I have explained elsewhere, they had opened ouvroirs, where working girls suddenly deprived of the means of livelihood could fend off starvation by making underclothing and other necessaries for the men at the Front.
Yards of underclothing and linen are continually asked of us by our nurses for their sick.
Many men and women wear heavy underclothing which causes moisture when indoors, with the result that they get surface chills when they go outside if the weather is cold and as a result catch cold.
The underclothing should be just heavy enough to be comfortable indoors and the extra warmth necessary when outside should be supplied by a good overcoat or furs.
Underclothing or hosiery should not be heavy enough to cause moisture of the skin.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "underclothing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: linen; undergarments; unmentionable
