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Watteau backs

Watteau backs is the plural of Watteau back.

Meaning of Watteau back

Noun

Watteau back (plural Watteau backs)

  1. The back of a woman's gown in which one or more very broad folds are carried from the neck to the floor without being held in at the waist, while the front and sides of the gown are shaped to the person and have a belt or its equivalent.

Questions about Watteau backs

What is Watteau backs the plural of?
Watteau backs is the plural of Watteau back.

Words near Watteau backs in the dictionary

  1. wattages
  2. Wattamondara
  3. wattape
  4. Watteau
  5. Watteau back
  6. Watteau backs
  7. Watteau bodice
  8. Watteau bodices
  9. Watteau pleat
  10. Watteau pleats
  11. Watteauesque

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