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(historical) A hooped structure in cloth worn to extend the skirt of women's dresses; a hooped petticoat.

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farthingale

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farthingale

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈfɑːðɪŋɡeɪl/

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historical

(historical) A hooped structure in cloth worn to extend the skirt of women's dresses; a hooped petticoat.

Japanese Meaning

歴史的な女性衣装に用いられた補助具。女性のドレスのスカートを広げるため、布にフープを組み込んだ構造物、またはフープ付きのペチコートとして用いられる。

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She adjusted the farthingale beneath her gown to achieve the perfect bell-shaped silhouette.

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彼女は完璧な鐘形のシルエットを作るために、ドレスの下のフープ入りペチコートを調整した。

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(historical) A hooped structure in cloth worn to extend the skirt of women's dresses; a hooped petticoat.

women […] make trunk-sleeves of wyre and whale-bone bodies, backes of lathes, and stiffe bumbasted verdugals, and to the open-view of all men paint and embellish themselves with counterfeit and borrowed beauties[…].

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