farthingale

(färt̸hiŋ gāl′)

noun

  1. a hoop, openwork frame, or circular pad worn under the skirt, about the hips, by women in the 16th and 17th cent.
  2. the skirt or petticoat worn over this

Origin: OFr verdugalle, farthingale < Sp verdugado, provided with hoops, farthingale < verdugo, young shoot of a tree, rod, hoop < verde < L viridis, green

See farthingale in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A support, such as a hoop, worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally from the waist, used by European women in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Origin:

Origin: Alteration of obsolete verdynggale

Origin: , from Old French verdugale

Origin: , from Old Spanish verdugado

Origin: , from verdugo, stick, shoot of a tree

Origin: , from verde, green

Origin: , from Latin viridis

Origin: , from virēre, to be green

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