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farthingale
(fär′t̸hiŋ gāl′)
noun
- a hoop, openwork frame, or circular pad worn under the skirt, about the hips, by women in the 16th and 17th cent.
- 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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