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)