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Definition of: farthingale
(fär′thing·gāl) noun
A woman's hoop skirt of the 16th and 17th centuries: so called because distended by hoops of green osier, willow, or rattan. [<OF verdugale, alter. of Sp. verdugado <verdugo a rod, hoop]
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