Crinoline

['krɪn(ə)lɪn] or ['krɪnəlɪn]

Definition

(noun.) a stiff coarse fabric used to stiffen hats or clothing.

(noun.) a full stiff petticoat made of crinoline fabric.

Checker: Olga--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A kind of stiff cloth, used chiefly by women, for underskirts, to expand the gown worn over it; -- so called because originally made of hair.

(n.) A lady's skirt made of any stiff material; latterly, a hoop skirt.

Typist: Ruth

Definition

n. a name originally given by the French modistes to a stiff fabric of horse-hair employed to distend women's attire: a hooped petticoat or skirt made to project all round by means of steel-wire: a netting round ships as a guard against torpedoes.—n. Crin′olette a small crinoline causing the dress to project behind only—akin to the bustle and dress-improver.—adj. Crin′olined.

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