Hypertext Webster Gateway: "crinoline"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Crinoline \Crin"o*line\ (kr?n"?-l?n), n. [F., fr. crin hair,L.
crinis.]
1. A kind of stiff cloth, used chiefly by women, for
underskirts, to expand the gown worn over it; -- so called
because originally made of hair.
2. A lady's skirt made of any stiff material; latterly, a
hoop skirt.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
crinoline
n 1: a skirt stiffened with hoops [syn: {hoopskirt}]
2: full stiff petticoat made of crinoline
3: a stiff coarse fabric used to stiffen hats or clothing
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