单词 | housemaid skirt |
释义 | > as lemmashousemaid skirt housemaid skirt n. (also housemaid's skirt) now historical a style of single-layered skirt fashionable in the late 19th cent. ΚΠ 1884 Manch. Weekly Times 4 Oct. (Suppl.) 7/1 Some of the ‘housemaid’ skirts..have upright trimmings of broad pointed bands. 1884 Girl's Own Paper Nov. 58/1 The ‘housemaid skirt’, with its straight folds, lack of gores, and three or four tucks at the edge, seems to be..worn..by all the young girls. 1937 C. W. Cunnington Eng. Women's Clothing Nineteeth Cent. ix. 331/1 A popular..form of single skirt was..used this year [sc. 1885]..for homely occasions, known as the ‘housemaid skirt’. 1996 K. L. Seligman Cutting for All! ii. 121/1 Patterns for bodices,..dressing jacket, cape and hood, housemaid's skirt, and a five-gored skirt. < as lemmas |
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