| farthingale | (n) โครงถ่างกระโปรงให้กว้างออกของหญิงยุโรปในศตวรรษที่ 16-17 |
| farthingale |
| farthingale | (n) a hoop worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally; worn by European women in the 16th and 17th centuries |
| Farthingale | n. [ OE. vardingale, fardingale, fr. OF. vertugale, verdugade, F. vertugade, vertugadin, from Sp. verdugado, being named from its hoops, fr. verdugo a young shoot of tree, fr. verde green, fr. L. viridis. See Verdant. ] A hoop skirt or hoop petticoat, or other light, elastic material, used to extend the petticoat. [ 1913 Webster ] We'll revel it as bravely as the best, . . . |
