farthingale

«farthingale» in Mova's school dictionary: A farthingale was a frame or hoop worn under a long skirt… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (farthingales)

meaning for a pupil

A farthingale was a frame or hoop worn under a long skirt to make it stand out, worn by ladies long ago. (old use) tree →

sense in the lessons

in old stories a farthingale shows a lady's rich old-fashioned dress

examples

• She was dressed in a ruff and a farthingale. tree →
• The farthingale made her skirt stand out wide. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «farthingale» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.