<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a petticoat of haircloth or other stiff material, worn under a full skirt to keep it belled out.</li><li>a stiff, coarse cotton material for interlining.</li><li>a hoop skirt.</li><li>a reinforcement of iron straps for holding together brickwork, as of a furnace or chimney.</li></ul>