English Dictionary

Mother Hubbard

名詞

(fashion) A long, wide, loose gown with long sleeves and a high neck originally introduced by Christian missionaries as an adaption of 19th-century European fashion to Polynesia but subsequently inclusive of lighter and more colorful variations.

日本語の意味

（ファッション用語）キリスト教の宣教師によって、19世紀ヨーロッパのファッションをポリネシア向けにアレンジする目的で導入された、長袖でゆったりとした幅広いガウン。後に、より軽やかでカラフルなバリエーションも生まれた衣服を指す。

For the cultural showcase, she chose a vintage Mother Hubbard that had belonged to her grandmother.

文化展示のために、彼女は祖母の形見である古い、ゆったりした長袖のハイネックのロングドレスを選んだ。

意味（1）

(fashion) A long, wide, loose gown with long sleeves and a high neck originally introduced by Christian missionaries as an adaption of 19th-century European fashion to Polynesia but subsequently inclusive of lighter and more colorful variations.

Her arms were like legs of mutton, her breasts like giant cabbages; her face, broad and fleshy, gave you an impression of almost indecent nakedness, and vast chin succeeded to vast chin. I do not know how many of them there were. They fell away voluminously into the capaciousness of her bosom. She was dressed usually in a pink Mother Hubbard, and she wore all day long a large straw hat.

Mother Hubbards （ plural ）