prairie skirt

American  

noun

1. a full, dirndl-style skirt with a flounce on the bottom edge that is sometimes trimmed or lined to suggest a petticoat underneath.

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Example Sentences

I painstakingly fixed the torn prairie skirt, kept it with me for years, never wore it again, and wept each time I saw it, Finally, I donated it to the Salvation Army, hoping someone would love it as I had.

From Salon

I was wearing a long skirt; Mom had collected my grandmother’s quilt pieces and made a prairie skirt for me the year before.

From Salon

Leather is expensive: a Lauren prairie skirt costs $1,000; a leather blazer from Yves St. Laurent also carries a $1,000 tag.

From Time Magazine Archive