dirndl
IPA: dˈɝndʌɫ
noun
- A traditional Alpine woman's dress having a tight bodice and full skirt.
- In full dirndl skirt: a full skirt with a tight waistband resembling one which is part of a traditional Alpine woman's dress.
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Examples of "dirndl" in Sentences
- Girls wear the Dirndl as a part of the tracht.
- The dirndl consists of a bodice, blouse, full skirt and apron.
- One is wearing the Humboldt Tracht and the other is wearing a dirndl.
- Dresses that are loosely based on the dirndl are known as Landhausmode.
- The Austrian upper classes adopted the dirndl as high fashion in the 1870s.
- Nowadays, dirndl may equally refer to either a young woman or to the dress.
- Nowadays, 'dirndl' may equally refer to either a young woman or to the dress.
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