crinoline

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The young woman was dressed in rose-coloured silk that stood out from her slim body almost like a crinoline, and she had a straw funnel-shaped hat with roses perched on the side of her lovely head.

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  1. noun A coarse stiff fabric of cotton or horsehair used especially to line and stiffen hats and garments.
  2. noun A petticoat made of this fabric.
  3. noun A hoop skirt.

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  • Ladies were requested to come without crinoline, thereby providing a hundred more seats than at the first event. —  The World's Great Men of Music
  • I wore a black dress with hot-pink crinoline, and my husband wore a matching pink tie and black Chucks. —  Offbeat Bride
  • Victorian style morphed from oversized crinoline-cage garments of the early 1800s to a sleeker, elongated shape. —  The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal:Today's Headlines
  • If you want to avoid having to purchase two crinolines, make sure your crinoline is made of anything but polyester. —  Weddingbee
  • Be sure the water runs clear to avoid staining the inside of your dress the color of your crinoline (doubtful, as you would have to go swimming in them, but still …). —  Weddingbee
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  1. French, from Italian crinolino : crino, horsehair (from Latin crīnis, hair; see sker-2 in Indo-European roots) + lino, flax (from Latin līnum; see librevema.gifno- in Indo-European roots).

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  1. from French crinoline, hair-cloth, crinoline, from Latin crinis, hair, + linum, flax: see crine, line, linen.
 

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