farthingale

A girl in a farthingale, 1659

Meaning

Noun

A hooped structure in cloth worn to extend the skirt of women's dresses; a hooped petticoat.

Origin

Hobson-Jobson of earlier forms vardingale, etc., borrowed from Middle French verdugale, from Spanish verdugado, from verdugo.

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