单词 | pannier dress |
释义 | > as lemmaspannier dress C3. Designating women's garments in which the skirt is expanded or made fuller at the sides, esp. by the use of an additional layer or layers of gathered fabric. Esp. in pannier dress. See sense 5. ΚΠ 1869 Galaxy Mar. 448 The gored dress, with its lines of beauty..no longer delights urbane eyes. It is sent..to the provinces, and instead of it we have the pannier, or hump dress. 1914 Times 12 Aug. 9/7 (advt.) Tea frock, as sketch, in rich chiffon velvet with pannier skirt. 1954 M. Henrey Month in Paris vii. 54 The rue de Sévigné..leads me to the house of this delightful letter-writer with her powdered hair and pannier dress. 1992 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 20 Feb. c7 Another [gown]..features a strapless lace bodice, detached, off-the-shoulder, puffed sleeves with bows and lace cuffs and a pannier overskirt gathered into side bustles. < as lemmas |
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