hoop skirt
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.
Origin of hoop skirt
1- Also called hoop.
Words Nearby hoop skirt
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How to use hoop skirt in a sentence
Bloomers freed women from perilous hemlines and hefty hoop skirts.
Save Us. The Trend of Wearing Skirts Over Pants Is Back. | Alaina Demopoulos | September 27, 2021 | The Daily BeastOn the Royal Parks website, I found a virtual tour of the Crystal Palace as it was in 1851, poignantly soundtracked with a genteel hubbub, and populated by the phantasmal figures of waistcoated stallholders and women in hoop skirts.
The French designer presented a hoop-skirt gown that was turned up to reveal four little girls crouching underneath.
Jean Paul Gaultier’s Hoop Skirt Trick, Vanity Fair's Best Dressed Competition | The Fashion Beast Team | January 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHer hoop skirt was ever in need of repair, with tapes that had broken from their moorings or strings that had come loose.
The Comings of Cousin Ann | Emma Speed SampsonI next entered the room previously occupied by the late runaway maid, and found three old dresses and a hoop skirt left by her.
Twenty Years of Hus'ling | J. P. Johnston
This load she had carried suspended from her waist and concealed under the large hoop-skirt then worn by ladies.
The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson | Edward A. MooreIt 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 CrumptonYou don't expect her to fetch you a new bonnet and a hoop skirt seven feet wide.
Duffels | Edward Eggleston
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