dirndl

[ durn-dl ]
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noun
  1. a woman's dress with a close-fitting bodice and full skirt, commonly of colorful and strikingly patterned material, fashioned after Tyrolean peasant wear.

  2. a full, gathered skirt attached to a waistband or hip yoke.

  1. any skirt with gathers at the waistband.

Origin of dirndl

1
1935–40; <German Dirndl, short for Dirndlkleid, equivalent to Dirndl young woman (originally Bavarian, Austrian dialect, diminutive of Dirne young woman, Middle High German dierne,Old High German thiorna; akin to thane) + Kleid dress (see cloth)

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dirndl

/ (ˈdɜːndəl) /


noun
  1. a woman's dress with a full gathered skirt and fitted bodice; originating from Tyrolean peasant wear

  2. a gathered skirt of this kind

Origin of dirndl

1
German (Bavarian and Austrian): shortened from Dirndlkleid, from Dirndl little girl + Kleid dress

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