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Webster 1913 Edition
Crinoline
Crin′o-line
(kr?n′?-l?n)
, Noun.
[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A kind of stiff cloth, used chiefly by women, for underskirts, to expand the gown worn over it; – so called because originally made of hair.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.