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CRINOLINE (a Fr. word formed of the Lat. crinis, hair, and linum, thread)

This article appears in Volume V07, Page 466 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: CRE-DAH
CRINOLINE (a Fr. word formed of the Lat. crinis, hair, and linum, thread) , a stiffening material made of horse-
hair
  and
cotton
  or linen
thread
 . Substitutes for this, such as the straw-like material used in making hat shapes, are also known by the same name. From the use of the material to expand ladies' skirts the
term
  was applied, during the third
quarter
  of the 19th century, when the fashion of wearing greatly expanded skirts was at its height, to the whalebone and steel hoops employed to support the skirts thus worn (see COSTUME). The
term
  is also used of structures resembling these articles, especially of the framework of booms, spars and netting forming a
protection
  for a warship against
torpedo
  attack.


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