crinoline
pronunciation
How to pronounce crinoline in British English:
UK [ˈkrɪnəlɪn]
How to pronounce crinoline in American English:
US [ˈkrɪnəlɪn]
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- Noun:
- a skirt stiffened with hoops
- full stiff petticoat made of crinoline
- a stiff coarse fabric used to stiffen hats or clothing
Word Origin
- crinoline
- crinoline: [19] The reason crinolines are called crinolines is that they were originally made from a stiff fabric woven from horsehair and linen thread. Italian crino ‘horsehair’ (from Latin crīnus ‘hair’, a possible relative of English crest) and lino ‘flax’ (from Latin līnum, source of English linen) were combined to produce crinolino, which passed into English via French crinoline.=> crest, linen
- crinoline (n.)
- 1830, from French crinoline "hair cloth" (19c.), from Italian crinolino, from crino "horsehair" (from Latin crinis "hair") + lino "flax, thread," from Latin linum (see linen). So called from the warp and woof fibers of the original mixture.
Example
- 1. I 'm already regretting the crinoline .
- 2. By analogy , his son mitt 's bid for the presidency has been more of a crinoline : long and cumbersome .
- 3. For example , tapered jeans , crinoline skirts and chemise dresses are and will always be styles , but they can only be called fashions if and when they become prevailing styles .
- 4. It , too , was caught and trying to tear itself free , the wind , like absalom . How cold the anemones looked , bobbing their naked white shoulders over crinoline skirts of green .