Terms

Question 1

Balagny

Answer 1

circular cape that hung over one shoulder, often secured with a cord that passed under the wide collar

Question 2

Basques-

Answer 2

The extension of a doublet or bodice to below the waistline

Question 3

Biggins-

Answer 3

Child’s cap similar to a medieval coif

Question 4

Canons-

Answer 4

Full, wide ruffles attached at the bottom of breeches

Question 5

Carrying frocks

Answer 5

-Long gowns worn by infants who were not yet able to walk

Question 6

cassocks/casaques (French)-

Answer 6

A men’s coat with wide, full sleeves that were wide throughout the body and ended at the thigh or below

Question 7

Cravat-

Answer 7

a large, scarf-like piece of fabric separate from the shirt that was worn around the neck instead of a collar

Question 8

Draw loom-

Answer 8

A loom from China on which elaborately figured silk fabrics were produced; was in use in Italy by the late middle ages and by 1600 was being used wherever silk fabrics were being woven.

Question 9

Drawers-

Answer 9

undergarment that evolved from braies or breeches
Fontange-An elaborate, tall structure for holding women’s hair high on top of the head; made of 3-4 lace tiers in front, with a cascade of ruffles and bows in the back; called a commode in England and the Americas

Question 10

Going frocks-

Answer 10

Shorter dresses worn by children old enough to walk

Question 11

Guardinfante-

Answer 11

Spanish variation of the French farthingale; it was wider from side to side with a long, wide extension of the bodice below the waistline that extended over the top of the skirt

Question 12

Head rails-

Answer 12

draped women’s head covering worn from the middle ages to the 16th century; also called a coverchief

Question 13

Jack boots-

Answer 13

High, rigid men’s boots made of heavy leather

Question 14

Latchets-

Answer 14

shoe laces

Question 15

Leading strings-

Answer 15

Small strings used to help hold a child upright as he or she learned to walk and retained for another two years or so to help control the child’s movement

Question 16

Love lock-

Answer 16

long lock of curled hair that was brought forward from the name of the neck and hung over the chest; worn by men

Question 17

mantua/manteau-

Answer 17

women’s gown that was cut in one length from shoulder to hem and worn over a corset and an underskirt

Question 18

Modeste-

Answer 18

The French term for the outer skirt of a women’s dress

Question 19

Muckinder-

Answer 19

A handkerchief pinned to the front of a baby or toddler’s dress; used like a bib or apron is today

Question 20

Panes-

Answer 20

Narrow strips of fabric placed over contrasting linings to ornament garments

Question 21

Pantofles -

Answer 21

Heel-less slippers or mules for women

Question 22

Petticoat breeches/rhinegraves-

Answer 22

A divided skirt that was cut so full that it gave the appearance of a short skirt

Question 23

Pinafore-

Answer 23

apron-like pinafores replaced bibs; the term came from pinning this garment to the front of a child’s gown

Question 24

Plumpers-

Answer 24

small balls of wax, placed in the cheeks to give the face a fashionably rounded shape

Question 25

Pomander balls-

Answer 25

small balls of perfume; enclosed in a decorated box, or pomander, that might be shaped like an apple

Question 26

Ribbons of childhood-

Answer 26

Broad ribbon or tube of fabric (as compared with the narrow, ropelike leading strings)--attached to the shoulders of children’s dresses

Question 27

Secret–

Answer 27

the bottom layer of a woman’s skirt

Question 28

Slap soles-

Answer 28

a flat sole attached to high-heeled shoes only at the front, not at the heel

Question 29

Straight soles-

Answer 29

footwear made without shaping for left or right feet

Question 30

Surtouts/justacorps-

Answer 30

garments with fitted straight sleeves, turned-back cuffs, and a buttoned-down front; they completely covered the breeches and waistcoat

Question 31

Swaddling bands/stays/staybands/rollers-

Answer 31

bands wrapped around an infant, thought to prevent deformity of limbs

Question 32

tailclouts/nappies/diapers-

Answer 32

English term for diaper

Question 33

Tricorne-

Answer 33

variation of the cocked men’s hat, turned up to form three equidistant peaks with one peak in the center front

Question 34

Trunk hose-

Answer 34

Breeches worn that were joined to nether stocks; ranged in size from very wide and padded to very small and worn with tight-fitting hose

Question 35

Virago sleeves-

Answer 35

Stylish sleeves that were paned and tied into a series of puffs

Question 36

Waistcoat-

Answer 36

vest (adopted by King Charles II of England in 1666)