hoop skirt

noun

A women's undergarment worn in various historical periods to hold the skirt extended into a fashionable shape, typically consisting of a fabric petticoat with casings to hold a stiffening material, variously rope, osiers, whalebone, steel, or nylon.

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farthingale
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Meanings

nounhoop skirt (plural hoop skirts)

plural hoop skirts · alternative hoopskirt

  1. A women's undergarment worn in various historical periods to hold the skirt extended into a fashionable shape, typically consisting of a fabric petticoat with casings to hold a stiffening material, variously rope, osiers, whalebone, steel, or nylon.

    Synonyms: farthingale

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA women's undergarment worn in various historical periods to hold the skirt extended into a fashionable shape, typically consisting of a fabric petticoat with casings to hold a stiffening material, variously rope, osiers, whalebone, steel, or nylon.

Similar
farthingale
Also see
farthingale

Translations

Bulgarian кринолин
  • кринолин (krinolin)undergarment
Esperanto krinolino
  • krinolinoundergarment
Finnish vannehame
  • vannehameundergarment
German Reifrock, Krinoline
  • Reifrockundergarment
  • Krinolineundergarment
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APA

hoop skirt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoop%20skirt

MLA

“hoop skirt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoop%20skirt. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hoop skirt,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoop%20skirt.

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