(n.) A kind of stiff cloth, used chiefly by women, for underskirts, to expand the gown worn over it; -- so called because originally made of hair.
(n.) A lady's skirt made of any stiff material; latterly, a hoop skirt.
Example Sentences:
(1) Corsets and crinolines, boxers and bras … the history of underwear is also an intimate history of changing attitudes to gender, sex, hygiene and morality.
(2) They included an elaborate military jacket, embroidered kimonos and a "petticoat cage" (a hooped underskirt normally worn under crinolines).
(3) "Will the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future be able to stop the world from drowning under a top-hatted and crinolined zombie horde?"
(4) I felt my wings were being clipped a little and persuaded her to let me write music with a marginal amount of energy for the aboriginal scene [ Here to There ], so the world would know that I could write stuff that wasn't all constrained in crinolined hoops.
(5) Because Moore's website, isanyoneup.com, operated in the murky world of "revenge porn" – a modern-age phenomenon that almost makes you long for crinoline skirts and steam-powered engines.
(6) John Tully, head of the Metropolitan Police Federation, says: "This has gone way beyond an apology or even a resignation; Mr Mitchell now needs to be sacked" – which is so hysterical that I'm worried Mr Tully's crinoline is too tight and he's going to faint away on the parlour floor.
(7) The collection included ripped lace dresses, tartan crinolines and models wearing antlers and lace headdresses.
Horsehair
Definition:
(n.) A hair of a horse, especially one from the mane or tail; the hairs of the mane or tail taken collectively; a fabric or tuft made of such hairs.
Example Sentences:
(1) Laidlaw gently pawed her into position, confirming without doubt the date of the lunch, challenging the strength of her memory until she insisted she was absolutely certain and then, like Hannibal Lecter in a horsehair wig, softly and courteously, he cut out her heart: the incident with Kemp had happened six weeks after the lunch.
(2) But then I have to remind myself that the chair I'm sitting on – which I inherited from my aunt – is the one I've upholstered, with horsehair, and covered in a fabric of my choosing.
(3) ", we cannot but recall Kafka himself, trapped within the wall of orchestral sound, and unable to suspend disbelief in the sound of catgut scraped against horsehair.
(4) I wanted to bring them back to life, but in the traditional way: no foam or staple guns, it had to be horsehair, tacks and webbing.
(5) A plastic re-imagined version of a Roman horsehair body scraper, it means you don't have to use a towel, which therefore saves 237‑310 kWh per year in electricity by minimising washing.
(6) The dust from the cotton-horsehair mattresses had a significantly higher allergenic activity than from those of polyester-foam.
(7) The beaded fringing of the corset burrowed into the horsehair to look like lice, the effect beautiful and disturbing.