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farthingale
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farthingale
[n] - a hoop worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=farthingale
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Farthingale
Far'thin·gale noun [ Middle English vardingale , fardingale , from Old French vertugale , verdugade , French vertugade , vertugadin , from Spanish verdugado , being named from its hoops, from verdu... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/10
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farthingale
A hoop skirt or hoop petticoat, or other light, elastic material, used to extend the petticoat. 'We'll revel it as bravely as the best, . . . With ruffs and cuffs, and farthingales and things.' (Shak) ... Origin: OE. Vardingale, fardingale, fr. OF. Vertugale, verdugade, F. Vertugade, vertugadin, fro... Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?farthingale
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farthingale
noun a hoop worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally; worn by European women in the 16th and 17th centuries Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=farthingale
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Farthingale
• (n.) A hoop skirt or hoop petticoat, or other light, elastic material, used to extend the petticoat. Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/farthingale/
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farthingale
underskirt expanded by a series of circular hoops that increase in diameter from the waist down to the hem and are sewn into the underskirt to make ... [1 related articles] Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/f/10
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Farthingale
Farthingale is a term applied to any of several structures used under Western European women`s clothing in the late 15th and 16th centuries to support the skirts into the desired shape. It originated in Spain. == Spanish farthingale == The Spanish vertugado, from which "farthingale" derives, was a ... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farthingale
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Farthingale
A farthingale was a hoop made of whalebone, steel or wood and used in its most extreme form in the 17th century as a support for wide spreading skirts. The farthingale originated in Spain and was the precursor of the crinoline. Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/PF.HTM
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Farthingale
a hoop worn beneath the skirt. Also referred to as Verdingales. Found op http://tudorswiki.sho.com/page/Tudor+Words+Glossary
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farthingale
1) Hoop Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/farthingale/1
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