hoopskirt
- n a skirt stiffened with hoops
- When Maria Meneghini Callas, in a gleaming white hoopskirt gown, stepped demurely before the Metropolitan Opera's golden curtain after the first act of Verdi's La Traviata last .
- The crinoline type, adorned with bows and puffs, has a hoopskirt effect.
- Beyond is a Spanish steeple and swinging from it a great bell that might be a hoopskirt doll.