hoop skirt

See also: hoopskirt

English

Alternative forms

• hoopskirt

Noun

hoop skirt (plural hoop skirts)

1. 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

• farthingale

Translations

undergarment

• Bulgarian: кринолин m (krinolin)
• Finnish: vannehame
• German: Reifrock (de) m, Krinoline (de) f

Further reading

• hoop skirt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia