farthingale

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English - English
A hooped structure worn beneath a skirt around the sixteenth century
{n} an old kind of hoop, a kind of ruff
a hoop worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally; worn by European women in the 16th and 17th centuries
{i} hoop skirt (fashionable in the 1500's)
A hoop skirt or hoop petticoat, or other light, elastic material, used to extend the petticoat
A farthingale
fardingdale
farthingale

    Hyphenation

    far·thin·gale

    Turkish pronunciation

    färdhînggeyl

    Pronunciation

    /ˈfärᴛʜəɴɢˌgāl/ /ˈfɑːrðɪŋˌɡeɪl/
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