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Definition of Dirndl
1. Noun. A full skirt with a gathered waistband.
2. Noun. A dress with a tight bodice and full skirt.
Definition of Dirndl
1. Noun. A traditional Alpine women's dress having a tight bodice and full skirt ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dirndl
1. a woman's dress [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dirndl
Literary usage of Dirndl
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1816)
"Hut when the^'Jj fi primate of Egypt, deserted and proscribed by the Latin dirndl,
was left destitute of any foreign support, Constantius despatched two of ..."
2. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, Richard Burn, John Williams (1791)
"... af- tf firm, or maintain that the common laws of this realm, " not altered by
parliament, ought not to dirndl: the right " of the crown of England; ..."
3. A Short History of Germany by Ernest Flagg Henderson (1908)
"... to grant almost every claim the dirndl put forward, the Papacy, in reality,
was completely liming its grip on Germany. When, in 1376, Charles de- li ..."
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