/fahr"dhing gayl'/ , n.
a hoop skirt or framework for expanding a woman's skirt, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
[ 1545-55; earlier verdynggale verdugale, alter. of OSp verdugado, equiv. to verdug ( o ) tree-shoot, rod ( verd ( e ) green ( viridis ) + -ugo n. suffix) + -ado -ADE 1 ; so called from rod used to extend skirt ]