FARTHINGALE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A hoop worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally; worn by European women in the 16th and 17th centuries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("farthingale" is a kind of...):

hoop (a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt)

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