Definition of "hoop-skirt" [hoop-skirt]

• A petticoat stiffened and expanded by means of hoops of ratan, whalebone, or steel. Also hoop-petticoat. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "A tutorial video aimed at brides, or maybe wedding planners on the mechanics of wearing a hoop-skirt."
• "She wore a short, girlish dress that came to a little below her shoe-tops, a pale-figured lavender and white silk, with a fluffy hoop-skirt of dainty laced-edged ruffles, against which tiny bows of lavender stood out in odd places."
• "All of the clothing dated to the last century at least, from the era of the bustle and the hoop-skirt, and had been thriftily packed away, with springs of lavender so old it crumbled when she touched it."