BUSTLE

Bustle

A bustle is a type of framework used to expand the fullness or support the drapery of the back of a woman's dress, occurring predominantly in the mid-to-late 19th century. Bustles were worn under the skirt in the back, just below the waist, to keep the skirt from dragging. Heavy fabric tended to pull the back of a skirt down and flatten it. Thus, a woman's petticoated or crinolined skirt would lose its shape during everyday wear . The word "bustle" has become synonymous with the fashion to which the bustle was integral.

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bustle

Noun

  1. An excited activity; a stir.
  2. A cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine.
  3. A frame worn underneath a woman's skirt.

Verb

  1. To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about).
    ''The commuters bustled about inside the train station.
  2. To teem or abound (usually followed by with); to exhibit an energetic and active abundance (of a thing). See also bustle with.
    ''The train station was bustling with commuters.


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