"hoop skirt" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hoop skirts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hoop skirt (plural hoop skirts)
  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. Categories (topical): Skirts Synonyms: farthingale, hoopskirt Translations (undergarment): кринолин (krinolin) [masculine] (Bulgarian), vannehame (Finnish), Reifrock [masculine] (German), Krinoline [feminine] (German)

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Alternative forms

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