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Meanings of crinoline in English

Spanish
crinolina

A skirt stiffened with hoops.

crinolina

Crinoline fabric.

Usage of crinoline in English
1
She went through the darkness to where she had left her crinoline.
Secret Bread
2
There was a storm of giggling, and deep blue crinoline was everywhere.
Blood Noir
3
What's awful? asks my mother as I step out of the crinoline.
The life you've imagined
4
But whichever way he charged; there was the crinoline in front of him.
Evergreens
5
The crinoline which they were preparing lay in white rags upon the table.
The Happy Foreigner
6
I wonder how I'd look in crinoline petticoats and bobby socks.
All the way
7
The next one to turn up was a kind of crinoline.
Noto: An Unexplored Corner of Japan
8
Charles looked yearningly at her vast television with a crinoline doll on top.
Witch Week
9
Tea-poys, light chairs, fragile vases have been undisturbed by crinoline even.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 69, July, 1863 / A Magazine...
10
Observe the amazing rudeness of the design, and note the modern waist and crinoline.
Custom and Myth
11
She was so distraught that she could not manage her crinoline in the doorway.
The Old Wives' Tale
12
The waist was higher than any she had had before, and the crinoline expansive.
The Old Wives' Tale
13
Consequently, you see much of crinoline and little of character.
Gala-Days
14
I saw them to-day, without any crinoline, pulling the garden-roller.
The Book of Snobs
15
Lap ends of crinoline one-fourth inch at finish, but do not turn ends under.
Make Your Own Hats
16
Covering frames with crinoline, capenet, mull, maline, and soft willow.
The Making of a Trade School
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