- a petticoat of haircloth or other stiff material, worn under a full skirt to keep it belled out.
- a stiff, coarse cotton material for interlining.
- a hoop skirt.
- a reinforcement of iron straps for holding together brickwork, as of a furnace or chimney.
- a stiff fabric, originally of horsehair and linen used in lining garments
- a petticoat stiffened with this, worn to distend skirts, esp in the mid-19th century
- a framework of steel hoops worn for the same purpose
