See also:

• FARTHINGALE (from the O. Fr. verdagalle, or vertugalle, a corruption of the Spanish name of the article, verdagado, from verdago, a rod or stick)

FARTHINGALE (from the O. Fr. verdagalle, or vertugalle, a corruption of the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish name of the See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article, verdagado, from verdago, a See also:

• ROD (O.E. rodd, probably related to Norw. rudda, stick, rodda, stake)
• ROD, EDOUARD (1857-1910)

rod or stick)  , a See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case or hoop, originally of See also:

• BENT
• BENT (E1. BENI)
• BENT, JAMES THEODORE (1852–1897)

bent rods, but afterwards made of See also:

• WHALEBONE

whalebone, upon which were hung the voluminous skirts of a woman's See also:

• DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)

dress . The See also:

• FASHION (adapted from Fr. facon, agon, Lat. factio, making, facere, to do or make)

fashion was introduced into See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England from See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain in the 16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . In its most exaggerated shape, at the beginning of the 17th century, the See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top of the See also:

• FARTHINGALE (from the O. Fr. verdagalle, or vertugalle, a corruption of the Spanish name of the article, verdagado, from verdago, a rod or stick)

farthingale formed a See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat circular See also:

• SURFACE

surface projecting at right angles to the bodice (see See also:

• COSTUME
• COSTUME (through the Fr. costume, from Ital. costume, Late Lat. costuma, a contracted form of Lat. consuetudinem, ace. of consuetudo, custom, habit, manner, &c.)

COSTUME) .