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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Farthingale \Far"thin*gale\, noun [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) 2.0 [wn]:
farthingale
noun: a hoop worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally; worn by European women in the 16th and 17th centuries
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