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Crinoline
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
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 A kind of stiff cloth, used chiefly by women, for underskirts, to expand the gown worn over it; -- so called because originally made of hair.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.