Garment and Shift

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Garment noun - An article of clothing.

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Shift and garment are semantically related. in costume topic. In some cases you can use "Shift" instead a noun "Garment".

Shift noun - An action planned or taken to achieve a desired result.

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Garment and shift are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Garment" instead a noun "Shift".

Nearby Words: shifting, shifted, shifty, shiftiness, shifter

full	full garment	full shift
long	long garment	long shift
similar	similar garment	similar shift
simple	simple garment	simple shift
Other adjectives: final, unusual, odd, occasional.

Unlike Elizabeth's "corset", this is a rare bit of authenticity: panties hadn't really been invented yet and very few women wore anything between their undersides and their clothes but a "shift" (the garment Elizabeth spends most of the first film in).

Source: Vapor Wear
While there are some examples of women's underpants from the 16th century, womens' dress in most of Europe since antiquity had been an overdress over a shift, a long unfitted garment rather like a full-length nightie.

Source: Newer Than They Think

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