crinolette
nounEtymology
From crinoline + -ette.
- borrowed from crinoline
Definitions
A whalebone, cane, or steel framework that was worn between petticoat and dress, attached…
A whalebone, cane, or steel framework that was worn between petticoat and dress, attached at the waist and projecting backwards but not as far to the sides as in the case of a full hoop skirt.
- The Princess of Wales has won two millinery victories this year -- both on the side of common sense. She has banished the crinolette, in spite of Paris. She has retained the small bonnet in fashion, still in spite of Paris.
- The jupon or steel petticoat, which in the crinoline period was bell-shaped, in 1869 became flat in front and at the back sloped groundwards from the waist, where the tournure or "crinolette" projected over the jupon in a sweeping curve.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA