barrel
clothing
Also known as: bum roll
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styles of dress
- In dress: Europe, 1500–1800
…as a bum roll or barrel, which was tied around the waist under the skirt. Later the French introduced the wheel farthingale, which was drum-shaped with radiating spokes on top. The gown neckline became very décolleté, almost displaying the breasts. From the 1570s to the 1770s a stomacher—a stiff, V-…
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