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Webster 1913 Edition

(kr?n′?-l?n)

Noun.

[F., fr.

crin

hair,L.

crinis

A kind of stiff cloth, used chiefly by women, for underskirts, to expand the gown worn over it; – so called because originally made of hair.

A lady’s skirt made of any stiff material; latterly, a hoop skirt.

crinoline ‎(plural crinolines)

A stiff fabric made from cotton and horsehair.
A stiff petticoat made from this fabric.
A skirt stiffened with hoops.
Any of the hoops making up the framework used to support cladding over a boiler.

petticoat

crinoline f ‎(plural crinolines)

crinoline f