Definitions for farthingale
ˈfɑr ðɪŋˌgeɪlfar·thin·gale

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. farthingalenoun

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. farthingalenoun

   A hooped structure in cloth worn to extend the skirt of women's dresses; a hooped petticoat.

2. Etymology: From verdugale, from verdugado, from verdugo.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Farthingalenoun

   A hoop; circles of whalebone used to spread the petticoat to a wide circumference.

   Etymology: This word has much exercised the etymology of Stephen Skinner, who at last seems to determine that it is derived from vertu garde: if he had considered what vert signifies in Dutch, he might have found out the true sense.

   With silken coats, and caps, and golden rings,
   With ruffs, and cuffs, and farthingales, and things. William Shakespeare.

   Tell me,
   What compass will you wear your farthingale? William Shakespeare.

   Arthur wore in hall
   Round table, like a farthingal. Hudibras, p. i. cant. 1.

   Some will have it that it portends the downfal of the French king; and observe, that the farthingale appeared in England a little before the ruin of the Spanish monarchy. Addison.

   She seems a medley of all ages,
   With a huge farthingale to swell her fustian stuff,
   A new commode, a topknot, and a ruff. Jonathan Swift.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Farthingale

   A farthingale is one of several structures used under Western European women's clothing in the 16th and 17th centuries to support the skirts in the desired shape and enlarge the lower half of the body. It originated in Spain in the fifteenth century. Farthingales served important social and cultural functions for women in Renaissance Europe as they were used, primarily by court women, to show their high social position and wealth.

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1. farthingale

   A farthingale is a type of structure used under a skirt or dress to shape it and make it spread out in a particular fashion. It is a hoop skirt or framework worn in the 16th and 17th centuries, especially popular during the Elizabethan era. The farthingale could be made of various materials, including whalebone, wood or steel.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Farthingalenoun

   a hoop skirt or hoop petticoat, or other light, elastic material, used to extend the petticoat

2. Etymology: [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.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Farthingale

   Farthingale is a term applied to any of several structures used under Western European women's clothing in the late 15th and 16th centuries to support the skirts into the desired shape. It originated in Spain.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Farthingale

   fär′thing-gāl, n. a kind of crinoline of whalebone for distending women's dress. [O. Fr. verdugale—Sp. verdugado, hooped, verdugo, rod.]

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Farthingale

   A corruption of Verdingale, from the French vertugarde, a guard for modesty. Queen Elizabeth is said to have introduced this hooped petticoat in order to disguise her figure.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of farthingale in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of farthingale in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=farthingale
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Farthingale
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=farthingale
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farthingale
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/farthingale
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=farthingale
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=farthingale
9. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=farthingale