Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An old spelling of
farthingale .
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- noun Obsolete form of
farthingale .
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Examples
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A vardingale [258] of vain boast and fan of flattery,
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 William Carew Hazlitt 1873
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The "vardingale (or farthingale) of vain boast" is peculiarly appropriate, since a farthingale consisted of a very wide, expanded skirt, puffed out to show off the attire, and distort the figure of a lady.
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 William Carew Hazlitt 1873
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