underclothes

Children ran from the building stripped to their underclothes, their garments burned off, their skin blistering in the intense heat.

And Helena needed a dress, shoes, underclothes, a nightgown, and probably other things I hadn’t thought of yet.

Ono remained silent as audience members cut small scraps, larger pieces and, eventually, parts of her underclothes.

Clerics faced down troublesome non-churchmen by forcing them to publicly confess their sins before their whole community, to pray all night in church in their underclothes – and sometimes to go on pilgrimages.

There were no clothes or underclothes or shoes anywhere.