单词 | crinoline |
释义 | crinoline /krin"l in/, n. 1. a petticoat of haircloth or other stiff material, worn under a full skirt to keep it belled out. 2. a stiff, coarse cotton material for interlining. 3. a hoop skirt. 4. a reinforcement of iron straps for holding together brickwork, as of a furnace or chimney. [1820-30; < F < It crinolino, equiv. to crino horse-hair ( << L crinis hair) + lino flax < L linum; cf. LINEN] |
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