wroppers

Updated: June 2, 2025

Nobody came near them, and their movements showed a mechanical regularity; their forms standing enshrouded in Hessian "wroppers" sleeved brown pinafores, tied behind to the bottom, to keep their gowns from blowing about scant skirts revealing boots that reached high up the ankles, and yellow sheepskin gloves with gauntlets.

Thomas Hardy - Tess of the d'Urbervilles