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Farthingdale vs Farthingale - What's the difference?

farthingdale | farthingale |

As nouns the difference between farthingdale and farthingale

is that farthingdale is a unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre while farthingale is a hooped structure in cloth worn to extend the skirt of women's dresses; a hooped petticoat.

farthingdale

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre.

    • Synonyms

    * rood

    References

    [http://www.sizes.com/units/farthingdale.htm]

    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