Farthingale Definition
färthĭn-gāl, -thĭng-
noun
A hoop, openwork frame, or circular pad worn under the skirt, about the hips, by women in the 16th and 17th cent.
Webster's New World
The skirt or petticoat worn over this.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Farthingale
Noun
Singular:
farthingalePlural:
farthingalesOrigin of Farthingale
Alteration of obsolete verdynggale from obsolete French verdugale from Old Spanish verdugado from verdugo stick, shoot of a tree from verde green from Latin viridis from virēre to be green
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle French verdugale, from Spanish verdugado, from verdugo (“rod”).
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