farthingale
farthingale — 名詞
1. A rigid undergarment made of cane hoops or whalebone that women wore beneath the
裙環；襯裙架
16-17世紀裙內撐開器
A rigid undergarment made of cane hoops or whalebone that women wore beneath their dresses during the Tudor and Stuart periods, creating a wide bell-like silhouette that was fashionable at European courts.
The queen's farthingale was so wide that two servants had to help her through the doorway.
女王的裙環太寬了，兩名僕人得扶她穿過門口。
Eleni studied a portrait of a 16th-century noblewoman wearing a satin dress over a farthingale.
Eleni 研究了一幅十六世紀貴族仕女的肖像，畫中她穿著絲綢長裙，底下是一件裙環。
Under her heavy velvet gown, Lady Margaret wore a farthingale made from cane and linen.
在厚重的天鵝絨禮服底下，Margaret 夫人穿了一件用藤條和亞麻布做的襯裙架。
farthingale made from [material] + [material]
In the museum, Tariro saw the metal hoops of an old farthingale displayed behind glass.
在博物館裡，Tariro 看見一件舊式裙環的金屬圈展示在玻璃後方。
'hoops of a farthingale' for the frame parts
The farthingale pushed the skirt out sideways, making the woman's waist look very small.
裙環把裙子向兩側撐開，讓女性的腰部顯得非常纖細。
- wear a farthingale
- farthingale made of cane / whalebone / wire
- farthingale under a gown / skirt
- hoop skirt
Refers to the whole skirt shape rather than the frame itself; often used interchangeably today, but strictly a hoop skirt is the outer garment while a farthingale is the support underneath.