Thesaurus: crinoline
A kind of stiff cloth, used chiefly by women, for underskirts, to expand the gown worn over it; -- so called because originally made of hair.
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- n. A kind of stiff cloth, used chiefly by women, for underskirts, to expand the gown worn over it; -- so called because originally made of hair.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.
- n. a skirt stiffened with hoops
- n. a full stiff petticoat made of crinoline fabric
- n. a stiff coarse fabric used to stiffen hats or clothing
- 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 A kind of stiff cloth, used chiefly by women, for underskirts, to expand the gown worn over it; -- so called because originally made of hair. 2.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.
- n:100 n. a full stiff petticoat made of crinoline fabric n. a stiff coarse fabric used to stiffen hats or clothing