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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crinoline \Crin"o*line\ (kr?n"?-l?n), n. [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 A kind of stiff cloth, used chiefly by women, for underskirts, to expand the gown worn over it -- so called because originally made of hair. 2.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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: crinoline n 1: a skirt stiffened with hoops [syn: {hoopskirt}] 2: full stiff petticoat made of crinoline 3: a stiff coarse fabric used to stiffen hats or clothing
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