farthingale的词源

英文词源

farthingale (n.)

contrivance for extending the skirts of women's dresses, formerly also vardingale, etc., 1550s, from Middle French verdugale, from Spanish verdugado "hooped, hooped skirt," from verdugo "rod, stick, young shoot of a tree," from verde "green," from Latin viridis (see verdure). Originally made with cane hoops or rods. The form perhaps influenced by martingale.

中文词源

farthingale：裙撑

来自西班牙语verdugo, 杆，词源同verdure,绿枝，青翠的草木。在古代用做妇女的大裙子的裙撑。

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