hoopskirt
1
9.9
- noun
- /ˈhuːpˌskɜːrt/
- Archaic
:
crinolina
- In the 19th century, women often wore a hoopskirt to create a fuller silhouette for their dresses.
- hoopskirt and bonnet
Examples
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"It wasn't a hoopskirt, if that's what your old girlfriend Trish meant."
Fiction book (1995) -
The hoopskirt not only abetted female indecency but indicated lowered intelligence, as evidenced by a verse satire quoted by Fizeliere: PREFORMATTED TABLE
Academic text (1997) -
She wore the same large hoopskirt each time.
Fiction book (1993) -
Novelists commented on the deceitfulness of the dress, and the alleged hypocrisy of the hoopskirt also became a frequent topic of popular theater.
Academic text (1997) -
Depends on the context, like OPP, he said, his feet shuffling somewhere underneath his draggy hoopskirt pantlegs.
Fiction book (2000) -
You can trace everything about Evie Cottrell's look back to some television commercial for an organic shampoo, except right now Evie's wedding dress is burned down to just the hoopskirt wires orbiting her hips and just the little wire skeletons of all the silk flowers that were in her hair.
Fiction book (1999) -
The bride's vintage gown featured a stunning hoopskirt that emphasized its elegant design.
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She admired the intricate lace details on the hoopskirt that her grandmother had preserved for generations.
Synonyms
2
9.9
A full stiff petticoat worn under a dress to make it wide
How Full
- Archaic
1
9.9
- Archaic
2
9.9
2
2.6
4
4.4
385
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hoopskirt comes from joining hoop and skirt and paints a simple picture: a skirt held out by round 'hoops' under it. So, hoopskirt means a long, wide skirt kept in shape by rings.