hoop skirt


noun
  1. 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.

  2. the framework for such a skirt.

Origin of hoop skirt

1
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

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How to use hoop skirt in a sentence

  • This load she had carried suspended from her waist and concealed under the large hoop-skirt then worn by ladies.

  • It was the days of the hoop-skirt and she just about filled the door, so that nobody might see past her.

    The Adventures of Two Alabama Boys | H. J. Crumpton and Washington Bryan Crumpton
  • You don't expect her to fetch you a new bonnet and a hoop skirt seven feet wide.

    Duffels | Edward Eggleston