slovo | definícia |
farthingale (encz) | farthingale,krinolína n: Zdeněk Brož |
farthingale (encz) | farthingale,spodnička n: Zdeněk Brož |
Farthingale (gcide) | Farthingale \Far"thin*gale\, 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, . . .
With ruffs and cuffs, and farthingales and things.
--Shak.
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farthingale (wn) | farthingale
n 1: a hoop worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally; worn
by European women in the 16th and 17th centuries |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
farthingale (encz) | farthingale,krinolína n: Zdeněk Brožfarthingale,spodnička n: Zdeněk Brož |
farthingale (wn) | farthingale
n 1: a hoop worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally; worn
by European women in the 16th and 17th centuries |
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