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noun
A skirt cut in sections to make one or more circles with a hole for the waist, so the skirt is very full but hangs smoothly from the waist without darts, pleats, or gathers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Because the garment is manufactured by cutting a central circle out of a larger, circular piece of fabric.
