underclothing

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La Corte also had to construct temple garments, the white underclothing worn by adult Latter-day Saints after they are endowed in the temple.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2022

They provided La Corte with pictures and videos of the garments, which he used to create period-accurate underclothing for the cast.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2022

The book also profiles follies that never reached the market: anti-gravitation underclothing designed to keep wearers aloft and telegraph mechanisms that relied on snails slithering around zinc bowls to tap out letters.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2022

Still another quaint tradition is the Mormons' use of "temple garments"�a torso-covering form of underclothing signifying their covenant with the Lord�which devout believers, both women and men, are expected to wear.

From Time Magazine Archive

And since most of the silk available came from underclothing and evening dresses, the quilt was glorious in strips of flesh pink and orchid and pale yellow and cerise.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck