farthingale
pronunciation
How to pronounce farthingale in British English:
UK [ˈfɑ:ðɪŋgeɪl]
How to pronounce farthingale in American English:
US [ˈfɑrðɪŋgeɪl]
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- Noun:
- a hoop worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally; worn by European women in the 16th and 17th centuries
Word Origin
- farthingale (n.)
- contrivance for extending the skirts of women's dresses, formerly also vardingale, etc., 1550s, from Middle French verdugale, from Spanish verdugado "hooped, hooped skirt," from verdugo "rod, stick, young shoot of a tree," from verde "green," from Latin viridis (see verdure). Originally made with cane hoops or rods. The form perhaps influenced by martingale.
Example
- 1. Would you have me come out at night in a skirt and farthingale ?