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PRONUNCIATION OF HOOP-SKIRT

hoop-skirt  [ˈhuːpˌskɜːt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOOP-SKIRT

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Hoop-Skirt is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HOOP-SKIRT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hoop skirt

A hoop skirt or hoopskirt is a women's undergarment worn in various periods to hold the skirt extended into a fashionable shape. Its Tudor name was a 'farthingale'. Hoop skirts typically consist of a fabric petticoat sewn with channels designed to act as casings for stiffening materials, variously rope, osiers, whalebone, steel, or, from the mid-20th century, nylon. Hoop skirts are called by various names in different periods: ▪ Farthingale ▪ Panniers or "side hoops" ▪ Crinoline or crinolette Lightweight hoop skirts, usually with nylon hoops, are worn today under very full-skirted wedding gowns. They can sometimes be seen in the gothic fashion scene. Reproduction hoop skirts are an essential part of living history costuming, including American Civil War reenactment.

Definition of hoop-skirt in the English dictionary

The definition of hoop-skirt in the dictionary is a skirt that has hoops made of bone or metal, etc fastened inside it to make it stiff and full.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOOP-SKIRT


alert
əˈlɜːt
concert
ˈkɒnsɜːt
convert
kənˈvɜːt
curt
kɜːt
dessert
dɪˈzɜːt
dirt
dɜːt
expert
ˈɛkspɜːt
flirt
flɜːt
foreskirt
ˈfɔːˌskɜːt
hurt
hɜːt
insert
ɪnˈsɜːt
microskirt
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌskɜːt
midiskirt
ˈmɪdɪˌskɜːt
miniskirt
ˈmɪnɪˌskɜːt
overskirt
ˈəʊvəˌskɜːt
shirt
ʃɜːt
skirt
skɜːt
underskirt
ˈʌndəˌskɜːt
upskirt
ˈʌpˌskɜːt
vert
vɜːt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOOP-SKIRT

hoolachan
hooley
hoolie
hooligan
hooliganism
hoolock
hoon
hoop
hoop pine
hoop snake
hoop-petticoat
hooped
hooper
hoopla
hoopless
hooplike
hoopoe
hoopster
hooray

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOOP-SKIRT

ballet skirt
bit of skirt
dirndl skirt
divided skirt
grass skirt
hobble skirt
hula skirt
pencil skirt
ra-ra skirt
rah-rah skirt
slit skirt
split skirt

Synonyms and antonyms of hoop-skirt in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hoop-skirt» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOOP-SKIRT

Find out the translation of hoop-skirt to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hoop-skirt from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hoop-skirt» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

箍裙
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aro - falda
570 millions of speakers

English

hoop-skirt
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

घेरा स्कर्ट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

طوق تنورة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обруч - юбка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hoop- saia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পতর-সায়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cerceau jupe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gelung poket
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Reifrock
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フープスカート
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

후프 스커트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Puteran-petticoat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hoop -skirt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வலய-உள்பாவாடை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हुप-पेटीकोट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çember-kombinezon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

hoop -skirt
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hoop - spódnica
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

обруч - спідниця
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

inel - fusta
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

hoop - φούστα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Hoop -romp
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hoop - kjol
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bøyle - skjørt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hoop-skirt

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOOP-SKIRT»

The term «hoop-skirt» is regularly used and occupies the 108.170 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOOP-SKIRT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hoop-skirt» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hoop-skirt» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hoop-skirt

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOOP-SKIRT»

Discover the use of hoop-skirt in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hoop-skirt and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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United States Congressional serial set
Hoop, Mast Hoop, Sawing Hoop skirt Hoop skirt Hoop skirt Hoop skirt Hoop skirt former Hoop, Toy Hop box Hops, Cultivating Hops, Curing Hop drier Hop drier Hop picking tool Hop picker Hop pole Hop pole Hop pole Hop pole Hop polo ...
‎1869
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Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents
Knife for Hoop-skirt Hoop-skirt Hoop-skirt Hoop-skirt Hoop-skirt Hoops. Machine for rolling Hop-box shade Hop-breaker Hop-scales from their stems. Machine for separating Hop-strings. Securing Hop-sl ripping machine Hop-trellis Hop-yard ...
United States. Patent Office, 1886
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Sheep Set
Improvement in Ladies' Hoop Skirt. — Patent dated November 30, 1858. — The nature of this invention consists in constructing the expanding stay or support of ladies' skirts of one continuous rod or strip of flexible material, which is bent and ...
‎1859
4
Horny Toads and Waspers
It did hold out your skirt into a big, full circle, however — there were drawbacks that came with this new hoop skirt. Let me explain. For starters, my mother was not about to buy me a hoop skirt and I really, reeaalllyyy wanted one. Since I knew ...
Naomi Marberry, 2008
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House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: ...
Tliis invention consists in combining in one garment the hoop skirt and a small bandage or corset in such u manner as not only to cause the latter to foro a wide belt for the support of the hoop skirt and skirts outside and a substitute for corsets,  ...
United States. Congress. House, 1863
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Popular Mechanics
HOOP-SKIRT PARACHUTE FOR AIRMEN This parachute, designed by a Berlin inventor as a safeguard for airmen should their machines meet disaster, is Good When Something Goes Wrong Aloft called the "hoop-skirt" because of its ...
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Subject-matter Index of Patents for Inventions Issued by the ...
1867 67 |58 Hoop-skirt _ _ _ . . _ _ _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . _ . _ _ _ . _ _ _ _ . _ _ . . . _ _ _ F. A4 Brewster .............. _. Sprin e , stas . _ _ _ _ _ . .. M y 25. im 34. „шт Hoop-skirt ................................ ._ __ O. R. Burnham _ _ . _ _ _ _ . _ . _ . _ _ _ _ ...
United States. Patent Office, 1874
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Senate Documents
20681 20720 20801 22385 20598 21373 21747 22355 21709 21581 21479 22197 22426 21806 22051 19576 19946 22308 21324 20124 20326 20519 20879 22124 19998 21313 21855 22033 22142 22274 Skirt-hoop Skirt-hoop .
United States Senate, 1859
9
Remembering Craven County: Tales of Tarheel History
After all, what can't you hide in a hoop skirt? A Napoleon cannon, perhaps; an Abrams tank. That about covers it. Emeline Pigott would make fine use of that weapon in the dark last years of the war. She was one of those freedom-loving ...
Bill Hand, 2006
10
Just Talks on Common Themes
ANY years ago, Edward Everett Hale wrote a story about a hoop-skirt and how it deliberately and with malice aforethought, defeated the Southern Confederacy. An old-fashioned hoop-skirt, out-of-place, was a pure and highly accomplished ...
Arthur Gray Staples, 1920

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOOP-SKIRT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hoop-skirt is used in the context of the following news items.
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Confederate flag supporters rally beneath their banner
A couple of female members of the Order of the Confederate Rose wore floor-length, hoop-skirt dresses in the style of the Civil War era. «Tampabay.com, Jul 15»
2
"The Heiress" opens at Bluff City Theater
Minutes, later she walked out on stage in a grand royal blue, hoop-skirt gown like something out of the popular PBS show “Downton Abbey.”. «Hannibal Courier, Jun 15»
3
Momix evokes earthy spectacle
Later, the hoop-skirt scene suggests water turning to ice and snow. By the end of the production, the lighting and costuming have turned ... «Washington Post, Apr 15»
4
Distinct Prisms in an Ever-Shifting Kaleidoscope
... the giant hoop-skirt armatures that invoke not only the antebellum South but also the Herero tribe of southern Africa, which adopted the style, ... «New York Times, Apr 15»

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