dirndls

Noun

dirndl (plural dirndls)

1. A traditional Alpine woman's dress having a tight bodice and full skirt.
   • For a change, Selina was not in slacks, but in a simple dirndl and sandals.1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 60
2. In full dirndl skirt: a full skirt with a tight waistband resembling one which is part of a traditional Alpine woman's dress.
   • On the cover of the leaflet advertising the Alpenrose Gasthof in Zirl am Gurgl […] there is a decorative picture of a young woman. She is wearing Tyrolese costume: the low-cut white bodice with cross-laced velvet waistcoat, the floral apron and dirndl skirt.1956, Delano Ames, chapter 1, in Crime out of Mind, New York, N.Y.: I. Washburn, →OCLC