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Farthingale - What does it mean?

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is likely misspelled.


has no English definition.

As a noun farthingale

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

farthingale

English

(wikipedia farthingale)

Alternative forms

*vardingale *verdugal

Noun

(en noun)
  • A hooped structure in cloth worn to extend the skirt of women's dresses; a hooped petticoat.
  • *, II.12:
  • *:women.
  • *2003 , (Alexander Chancellor), The Guardian , 3 May 2003:
  • *:In Henry VIII's Great Hall, there were men in doublets and codpieces prancing up and down with women in farthingales .

    • Synonyms

    * hoop skirt

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.