verdingall
English
Noun
verdingall (plural not attested)
- Obsolete form of farthingale.
- Marston
- Her long slit sleeves, stiff busk, puff verdingall,
Is all that makes her thus angelical.
- Her long slit sleeves, stiff busk, puff verdingall,
- Marston
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for verdingall in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
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