hoopskirt

noun

hoop·skirt ˈhüp-ˈskərt

also ˈhu̇p-

: a skirt stiffened with or as if with hoops

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The interior of its hoopskirt canopy had acted as the sisters’ sanctum sanctorum. —

David Gilbert, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022 Swinton moves through a photo studio in the gown’s outsize hoopskirt as Alberto Iglesias’s moody score plays in the background. —

Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2020 Hoopskirts like armor, frilly materials made knife-sharp, curlers or a heeled pump worn as a protuberant helmet: this is female attire that makes a statement, at once protective and aggressive. —

The New Yorker, 12 May 2013

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