farthingale

far·thin·gale

F0043600 (fär′thĭn-gāl′, -thĭng-)n. A support, such as a hoop, worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally from the waist, used by European women in the 1500s and 1600s.

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[Alteration of obsolete verdynggale, from obsolete French verdugale, from Old Spanish verdugado, from verdugo, stick, shoot of a tree, from verde, green, from Latin viridis, from virēre, to be green.]

farthingale

(ˈfɑːðɪŋˌɡeɪl) n (Clothing & Fashion) a hoop or framework worn under skirts, esp in the Elizabethan period, to shape and spread them[C16: from French verdugale, from Old Spanish verdugado, from verdugo rod]

far•thin•gale

(ˈfɑr ðɪŋˌgeɪl)

n. a framework of hoops worn under a woman's skirt to expand it: popular in the 16th and 17th centuries. [1545–55; earlier verdynggale < Middle French verdugale, alter. of Old Spanish verdugado, derivative of verdugo tree shoot, rod, derivative of verde green < Latin viridis]

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farthingale - a hoop worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally; worn by European women in the 16th and 17th centurieshoop - a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt

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