hoop skirt
noun
a woman's skirt made to stand out and drape in a stiff bell-like shape from the waist by an undergarment framework of flexible hoops connected by tapes.
the framework for such a skirt.
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Also called hoop.
Origin of hoop skirt
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60
Words nearby hoop skirt
hoopla, hoopman, hoopoe, hoop-petticoat narcissus, hoop pine, hoop skirt, hoop snake, hoopster, hoorah, hooray, Hooray Henry
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