farthingale

In form and function it is very similar to the earlier farthingale.

He lives on the Farthingale estate in the cottage behind the maze.

"This is a farthingale, a kind of bustle under the skirt.

The resonant quotation from the play falls to the wise old Farthingale.

Skirts were held in the proper shape by a farthingale or hoop skirt.

Unlike the farthingale and panniers, the crinoline was worn by women of every social class.

From the folds of her skirt, she appears to be wearing a small roll over a narrow Spanish farthingale.

During the 16th century, the farthingale was popular.

The Farthingale chair, the gate leg table and cricket table became increasingly popular.

Corsets of this time were often worn with a farthingale that held out the skirts in a stiff cone.

Annie and Troy became close, yet he never left Farthingale except for the birth of his grandchildren.

Her skirt fits smoothly over a Spanish farthingale.

Elizabeth I wears a painted petticoat with her black gown and cartwheel farthingale.

Having met Hermione Farthingale, David lived with her for a year.

When didst thou see me heave up my leg and make water against a gentlewoman's farthingale?

Note the fashionable sway-backed posture that goes with the long bodice resting on the farthingale.

She pointed out the collar of the dress ("there's the T-shirt influence"), and the flair in its skirt, which was built like a farthingale.

For the first time in her life, she wore a proper Spanish farthingale beneath her skirts and felt and moved like a true court lady.

Doctor Farthingale."

"Great" in this context referring to the large circumference of the farthingale which was required in order to achieve the fashionable silhouette.

I had a singer turn up for a fitting - a sort of 16th-century Spanish boned-corset farthingale dress - and she was pregnant.

Which bit's the farthingale?"

She could feel underclothes, linen drawers, silken chemise, a farthingale with its stiffened hoops.

"It is really very light, because the skirt is supported by a farthingale instead of layers of petticoats.

But Feathers was to split when Hermione Farthingale decided she did not wish to continue with the group.