- a short, full skirt, usually made of several layers of tarlatan or tulle, worn by ballerinas.
- South African Anglican clergyman and civil rights activist: Nobel Peace Prize 1984; archbishop of Cape Town 1986–96.
- a very short skirt worn by ballerinas, made of projecting layers of stiffened sheer material
- a shrub, Coriaria arborea, of New Zealand, having seeds that are poisonous to farm animals
- Desmond . born 1931, South African clergyman, noted for his opposition to apartheid: Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg (1984–86) and Archbishop of Cape Town (1986–96); in 1995 he became leader of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, established to investigate human rights violations during the apartheid era. Nobel peace prize 1984
