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Jallol Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary

What a [a figure billowed] means ?

Hello All ;

what does [Beyond me, shocking in the half light of the fleeting moon, a figure billowed helplessly in a sodden hooped skirt.] means?

i underlined the words which make me confused

they look have special meaning in the context...

  

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Hi Jallol - Shocking [= the writer was surprised - maybe fearful - at the site of the figure] - Billowed [= Gusts of wind were making the shape of the figure swell outward] - Hooped [= Some dresses, especially old-fashioned ones, are supported by wire hoops, so that they have a wide circular shape] Best regards, Dave

— Dave_anon

  • Hi Jallol - Shocking [= the writer was surprised - maybe fearful - at the site of the figure] - Billowed [= Gusts of wind were making the shape of the figure swell outward] - Hooped [= Some dresses, especially old-fashioned ones, are supported by wire hoops, so that they have a wide circular shape] Best regards, Dave
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Hi Jallol

- Shocking

[= the writer was surprised - maybe fearful - at the site of the figure]

- Billowed

[= Gusts of wind were making the shape of the figure swell outward]

- Hooped

[= Some dresses, especially old-fashioned ones, are supported by wire hoops, so that they have a wide circular shape]

Best regards, Dave

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The hoop skirt was very fashionable in the 1800s. The hoops were rings made of stiff material and the skirt material was sewn to the hoops.

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