Green’s Dictionary of Slang

a bustle, a frame used to make a woman’s skirt stand out from the hips.

1859, 1860		Hotten Dict. of Modern Sl. etc.
1864, 1867, 1870		Hotten Sl. Dict.
1896		‘Thieves’ Sl.’ Gent.’s Mag. CCLXXXI Oct. 348: ‘Lord John Russell’ was at one time a common equivalent for ‘bustle’.
1953		J. Franklyn Cockney 295: Ladies no longer wear a bustle – with it has gone Lord John Russell.