hop-steort

hop-steort, m.n: the train of a dress. [HOP-STEH-ort]

The Marriage. Nicolo da Bologna. Italy, 1350s. Washington (DC), National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Collection, Miniatures 1975, no. 15. [nga.gov]

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