hoop skirt

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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

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 Beast
On 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.
In London, looking backward to move forward|Henry Wismayer|March 5, 2021|Washington Post
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|DAILY BEAST
Her 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 Sampson

I 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. Moore
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