farthingale

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farthingale

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 of farthingale

Old French verdugalle, farthingale from Spanish verdugado, provided with hoops, farthingale from verdugo, young shoot of a tree, rod, hoop from verde from Classical Latin viridis, green

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farthingale

noun

A support, such as a hoop, worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally from the waist, used by European women in the 1500s and 1600s.

Origin 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

farthingale

portrait of Queen Margaret of Austria (1584-1611) by Juan Pantajo de la Cruz (1553-1608)

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Noun

(plural farthingales)

(now historical) A hooped structure in cloth worn to extend the skirt of women's dresses; a hooped petticoat.

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From Middle French verdugale, from Spanish verdugado, from verdugo (“rod”).

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