Associations to the word «Hoopskirt»

Wiktionary

HOOPSKIRT, noun. Alternative spelling of hoop skirt

Dictionary definition

HOOPSKIRT, noun. A skirt stiffened with hoops.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats