Word Finder - crinoline

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A stiff fabric made from cotton and horsehair.

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A stiff petticoat made from this fabric.

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A skirt stiffened with hoops.

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Any of the hoops making up the framework used to support cladding over a boiler.

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Netting placed around ships to guard against torpedoes.

For really dressy occasions, choose a silver taffeta dress with a crinoline netting that creates a full-skirt, or forgo the traditional crimson color and choose a rich velvet maroon dress with capped sleeves.

It's a short black dress, usually with a lacy or fluffy crinoline underneath, white trim and an apron.

When paired with a flouncy crinoline skirt, your toddler is on her way to a big win.

It wasn't enough to wear a poufy crinoline under a circle skirt, a padded girdle fitted out the shape of the skirt or dress to perfection.

She was shaped like a pear, and when she wore a crinoline she looked like a frog sitting on a lily pad.

Some witnesses describe her as being in ` a gray Victorian dress `, other that the gown is a black crinoline.

The Lady's Newspaper of 1863 extolled the virtues of a cage crinoline (probably very similar to the photograph above ).

In the earlier part of the period dresses were given shape by stiffened petticoats but by mid century the characteristic mode was the crinoline.

A-line and princess silhouettes are lovely designs for most body shapes, and an extra petticoat or crinoline will add fullness and mimic the soft, graceful curves of snowdrifts.

Also, don't forget to buy the proper slip or crinoline so your skirt will have the desired volume.

Choose a flirty style skirt with a crinoline underskirt or a simple strapless satin sheath with a ribbon cummerbund in a coordinating color.

What's created is a crinoline effect, making the look that much more charming.

Some also include weaved bodices with pearl accents while others feature crinoline slips for added formality.

Some of these pageant dresses will favor the traditional ballgown style, whereas other dresses will be short and will feature crinoline tutus.

Most toddler dresses are geared towards the crinoline variety, but even amongst this style there are small details to which a pageant parent must attend.

Bright colors, light colors, crinoline, wide skirts and generally happy schemes and designs make a birthday dress distinct from holiday dresses or afternoon formal dresses.

Even women who had such figures wore foundation garments to enhance their shape further, so the dress that went over the shapewear and crinoline was naturally larger than the woman herself.

They consist chiefly in the manufacture of sea-salt, of varied and admirable paper, thin and poor silk, horse-hair crinoline for hats, fine split bamboo blinds, hats and mats, coarse pottery, hemp cloth for mourners, brass bowls and grass-cloth.