hoop skirt
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
See also: hoopskirt
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]hoop skirt (plural hoop skirts)
- A women's undergarment worn in various historical periods to hold the skirt extended into a fashionable shape, typically consisting of a fabric petticoat with casings to hold a stiffening material, variously rope, osiers, whalebone, steel, or nylon.
Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]undergarment
Further reading
[edit]- hoop skirt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia