資料來源 : pyDict

鯨骨圓環,用鯨骨圓環擴大的裙子

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Farthingale \Far"thin*gale\, n. [OE. vardingale, fardingale, fr.
   OF. vertugale, verdugade, F. vertugade, vertugadin, from Sp.
   verdugado, being named from its hoops, fr. verdugo a young
   shoot of tree, fr. verde green, fr. L. viridis. See
   {Verdant}.]
   A hoop skirt or hoop petticoat, or other light, elastic
   material, used to extend the petticoat.

         We'll revel it as bravely as the best, . . . With ruffs
         and cuffs, and farthingales and things.  --Shak.

資料來源 : WordNet®

farthingale
     n : a hoop worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally; worn
         by European women in the 16th and 17th centuries