ålede
English translation: concertinaed
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| 19:35 Nov 26, 2008 |
| Danish to English translations [PRO] Marketing - Textiles / Clothing / Fashion / Styles of clothing | |||||
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|  Selected response from: Hanne Rask Sonderborg Denmark Local time: 06:35 | ||||
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| 4 +1 | concertinaed |
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| 4 | ruched |
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| 3 | tapered (leg) |
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| 3 | creased |
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| 3 | wrinkled (at the knees) |
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tapered (leg) Explanation: Slim-fit pants or skinny jeans have a snug fit through the legs and end in a small leg opening. Other names for this style include carrot leg pants, cigarette pants, drainpipes, peg leg pants, pencil pants, skinny pants, slimjims, tapered pants, old-school hood jeans or ice-cream cone pants. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skinny_jeans |
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58 mins confidence:
creased Explanation: ål i strømperne = folder i strømperne fordi de er drejet om benet eller er gledet ned. (Nudansk Ordbog) Go to page 3 of the below source Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://www.fri.dk/livstil/designerhjem |
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4 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1concertinaed Explanation: –verb (used without object) to fold, crush together, or collapse in the manner of a concertina: The car concertinaed when it hit the truck. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/concertinaed Vinterberg: DA ål i strømperne ENG her stockings concertinaed Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/concertinaed Reference: http://www.campionwillcocks.co.uk/OPINION/Opinion%20-%20Imag... |
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54 mins confidence:
wrinkled (at the knees) Explanation: In the old days stockings used to be ´ålede´when they stretched and wrinkled at the ankles and knees during the day´s wear. Possibly these would be generously long and wrinkled at the ankles too - I would not know! But tight pants need to give or wrinkle somehow to make it possible to sit down or bend at the knee. Nudansk Ordbog - ål 1: fisk... 2. (overf.) folder af strømper; strømperne hænger i ål -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 12 hrs (2008-11-27 08:14:44 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Another possibility is something like slinky, if the ´ålede´means ´ålenslank´ |
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ruched Explanation: Actually, I searched for 'puckered' at first, but now I'm pretty sure this is what you're looking for. Check out the links - the term is often used in relation to 'skinny jeans'. For once, the sites include some excellent pictures :-) Reference: http://www.getlippy.com/fashion/fashion-fix-thursday-am-all-... Reference: http://www.handbag.com/fashion/highstreet-fashion-fix-All-Sa... |
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