Hoop Skirt Definition

noun
A long full skirt belled out with a series of connected circular supports.
American Heritage
A skirt worn over a framework of hoops that makes the skirt flare outward.
Webster's New World

A women's undergarment worn in various historical periods to hold the skirt extended into a fashionable shape, typically consisting of a fabric petticoat with casings to hold a stiffening material, variously rope, osiers, whalebone, steel, or nylon.

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Singular:
hoop skirt
Plural:
hoop-skirts

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