Lingerie exclusively for more lightweight items of female undergarments. The French word in its original form derives from the old French word "linge", meaning 'linen'. So "faire le linge", comes to mean "do the laundry". In French the word "lingerie" applies to all undergarments for either sex. In English it means women's underwear or nightclothes. Lingerie as a word was first used to refer to underwear and bras in 1922. Informal usage suggests visually appealing or even erotic clothing. Although most lingerie is designed to be worn by women, some manufactures now design lingerie for men. The concept of lingerie is
Yup'ik clothing Yup'ik word "maklak" meaning bearded seal ("Erignathus barbatus"). That the word "maklak" has been borrowed into English as "mukluk" as the name for Eskimo skin boots ("kamguk", "kameksak", "piluguk", etc., in Yup’ik), probably because bearded-seal skin is used for the soles of skin boots. The village of "Kotlik" derives its Yup’ik name "Qerrulliik" (dual form of "qerrullik" "a pair of pants, trousers"), from its location, where the Yukon River splits apart nearby like the legs on a pair of trousers. Both Yup'ik (and Siberian Yupik) and Iñupiat clothing are also known as Eskimo clothing in Alaska. Eskimos are not usually