SINCE 1828
Kate Greenaway
adjective
Kate Green·a·way
| \ ¦kātˈgrēnəˌwā\
Definition of Kate Greenaway
of clothing
: having a long full skirt, short waist and sleeves, round neck, and usually a sash and ruffled edges
in her green Kate Greenaway pelisse, with the long band of soft beaver running from neck to hem— Victoria Lincoln
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