Definition of "half-slip" [half-slip]

• A woman's skirtlike undergarment that hangs from the waist. (noun)

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• "You can made a petticoat by finding the waist marking on the pattern and making a half-slip with a casing for elastic, or you can cut the front and back of the dress and make a full length one, turning under the neckline and armholes twice at one fourth inch each time."
• "A lame question about making slips: The only time I've ever made myself a slip, I drew up a "pattern" hardly deserves the word, really for a half-slip and sewed it up out of cotton and lace."
• "My favorite half-slip is one I made many years ago from a remnant piece of Duchesse satin and some cotton lace."