CRINOLINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crinoline mean? 

• CRINOLINE (noun)
  The noun CRINOLINE has 3 senses:

1. a skirt stiffened with hoops

2. a full stiff petticoat made of crinoline fabric

3. a stiff coarse fabric used to stiffen hats or clothing

  Familiarity information: CRINOLINE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRINOLINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A skirt stiffened with hoops

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

crinoline; hoopskirt

Hypernyms ("crinoline" is a kind of...):

skirt (a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women)

Meronyms (parts of "crinoline"):

hoop (a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A full stiff petticoat made of crinoline fabric

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("crinoline" is a kind of...):

half-slip; petticoat; underskirt (undergarment worn under a skirt)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A stiff coarse fabric used to stiffen hats or clothing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("crinoline" is a kind of...):

cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)

 Context examples 

The reader will remember how I met Lord John Roxton upon the very occasion when, in his protective crinoline, he had gone to bring the "Devil's chick" as he called it, for Professor Challenger.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)