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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farthingale/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farthingale/#x1)
- The farthingale made her skirt stand out wide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farthingale/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «farthingale» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farthingale/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.