Definitions for farthingale

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farthingale far·thin·gale

Spelling: [fahr-th ing-geyl]

IPA: /ˈfɑr ðɪŋˌgeɪl/

Farthingale is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 1105 anagrams from letters in farthingale (aaefghilnrt).

Definitions for farthingale

noun

1. a hoop skirt or framework for expanding a woman's skirt, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Origin of farthingale

1545-55; earlier verdynggale Middle French verdugale, alteration of Old Spanish verdugado, equivalent to verdug(o) tree-shoot, rod (verd(e) green (Latin viridis) + -ugo noun suffix) + -ado