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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A long full skirt belled out with a series of connected circular supports.
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- noun A women's
undergarment worn in varioushistorical periods to hold theskirt extended into a fashionable shape, typically consisting of afabric petticoat withcasings to hold a stiffening material, variouslyrope ,osiers ,whalebone ,steel , ornylon .
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treeseed commented on the word hoop skirt
A hoop skirt or hoopskirt is a women's undergarment worn in various periods to hold the skirt extended into a fashionable shape.
Hoop skirts typically consist of a fabric petticoat with casings to hold a stiffening material, variously rope, osiers, whalebone, steel or nylon.
Lightweight hoop skirts, usually with nylon hoops, are worn today under very full-skirted wedding gowns.
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February 6, 2008