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A farthingale is a frame or structure worn under a skirt to give it volume and support in the 16th and 17th centuries. It was typically made of metal or whalebone and shaped like a cage or hoop. The farthingale helped create the fashionable silhouette of the period by emphasizing the wide hips.

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