Definition of farthingale
: a support (as of hoops) worn especially in the 16th century beneath a skirt to expand it at the hipline
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Freed from the hassle of manipulating doublets and farthingales, the performers can move naturally and easily.
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The bright and complex costumes, with some characters in apparel like Elizabethan farthingales, are equally picturesque.
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