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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. We'll revel it as bravely as the best, . . . With ruffs and cuffs, and farthingales and things --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: farthingale n : a hoop worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally; worn by European women in the 16th and 17th centuries
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