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ˈfɑr ðɪŋˌgeɪlfar·thin·gale
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Princeton's WordNet
farthingalenoun
a hoop worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally; worn by European women in the 16th and 17th centuries
Wiktionary
farthingalenoun
A hooped structure in cloth worn to extend the skirt of women's dresses; a hooped petticoat.
Etymology: From verdugale, from verdugado, from verdugo.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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.
Wikipedia
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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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 Dictionary
Farthingalenoun
a hoop skirt or hoop petticoat, or other light, elastic material, used to extend the petticoat
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.]
Wikidata
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 Dictionary
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 Origins
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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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of farthingale in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of farthingale in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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