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To bustle is defined as to hurry.

(verb)

An example of to bustle is to run around preparing for work.

The definition of a bustle is a poof of fabric at the back of a skirt or dress.

(noun)

An example of a bustle is when a wedding dress is hooked at the back to hold up a train of fabric.

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intransitive verb, transitive verb bustled, bustling

to hurry busily or with much fuss and bother

Origin: for earlier buskle < ME busken, to prepare, adorn < ON buask, to make onself ready < bua, to prepare (see bondage) + sik, refl. pron.

noun

busy and noisy activity; commotion

Related Forms:

bustlingly adverb

noun

a framework or padding formerly worn at the back by women to puff out the skirt

Origin: < ?

See bustle in American Heritage Dictionary 4

intr. & tr.v. bus·tled, bus·tling, bus·tles

To move or cause to move energetically and busily.

noun

Excited and often noisy activity; a stir.

Origin:

Origin: Possibly variant of obsolete buskle

Origin: , frequentative of busk, to prepare oneself

Origin: , from Old Norse būask

Origin: , reflexive of būa, to prepare; see bheuə- in Indo-European roots

noun

A frame or pad to support and expand the fullness of the back of a woman's skirt.
A bow, peplum, or gathering of material at the back of a woman's skirt below the waist.

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