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Farthingale Moderate

Farthingale has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

a hoop worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally; worn by European women in the 16th and 17th centuries

2

A hooped structure in cloth worn to extend the skirt of women's dresses; a hooped petticoat.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
hoop
Rhyming Words
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