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hoop skirt en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A women's undergarment worn in various historical periods to hold the skirt extended into a fashionable shape, typically consisting of a fabric petticoat with casings to hold a stiffening material, variously rope, osiers, whalebone, steel, or nylon.

Forms

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hoopskirt alternative lexicographic
hoop skirts Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

farthingale

Translations (5)

eo krinolino (undergarment) · fi vannehame (undergarment) · de Krinoline (undergarment) · bg кринолин (undergarment) · de Reifrock (undergarment)