farthingale
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farthingale
- /ˈfɑːðɪŋɡeɪl/ UK
- /ˈfɑɹðɪŋɡeɪl/ US
Where it comes from
Hobson-Jobson of earlier forms vardingale, etc., borrowed from Middle French verdugale, from Spanish verdugado, from verdugo (“rod”).
noun farthingales · fardingale · vardingale · verdingall · verdugal
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A hooped structure in cloth worn to extend the skirt of women's dresses; a hooped petticoat.
women […] make trunk-sleeves of wyre and whale-bone bodies, backes of lathes, and stiffe bumbasted verdugals, and to the open-view of all men paint and embellish themselves with counterfeit and borrowed beauties[…].
Similar: hoop skirt
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noun hooped structure
| Français | crinoline |
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Talk about this word "farthingale." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/farthingale. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. farthingale. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/farthingale "farthingale." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/farthingale.Cite this
@misc{farthingale_2026,
title = {farthingale},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/farthingale},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
