Noun: undershorts 'ún-dur,shorts
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: underpants)
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: underpants)
- An undergarment that covers the body from the waist no further than to the thighs; usually worn next to the skin
"He bought a new pack of cotton undershorts";
- underpants, pants [Brit], underdacks [Austral], chuddies [UK, dialect], underdaks [Austral]
Type of: undergarment, unmentionable
Part of: pantihose, pantyhose [N. Amer]
Encyclopedia: Undershorts