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单词 farthingale
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
far•thin•gale  (färᵺing gāl′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Clothinga hoop skirt or framework for expanding a woman's skirt, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
  • Latin viridis) + -ugo noun, nominal suffix) + -ado -ade1; so called from rod used to extend skirt
  • Middle French verdugale, alteration of Old Spanish verdugado, equivalent. to verdug(o) tree-shoot, rod (verd(e) green (
  • earlier verdynggale 1545–55

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
farthingale /ˈfɑːðɪŋˌɡeɪl/ n
  1. a hoop or framework worn under skirts, esp in the Elizabethan period, to shape and spread them
Etymology: 16th Century: from French verdugale, from Old Spanish verdugado, from verdugo rod
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