单词 | crinolined |
释义 | crinolinedadj. Wearing a crinoline. Also (of a garment): supported by a crinoline. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing underwear > wearing underskirt > types of petticoated1824 hoop-petticoated1837 crinolined1848 hoopeda1854 farthingaled1873 crinoletted1885 1848 W. M. Thackeray Let. 1 May (1945) II. 376 Mrs. Rawdon Crawley,..for a pious woman—is the best crinolined lady in Knightsbridge district. 1867 R. Broughton Not Wisely but too Well I. xiii. 154 Urged on and incited thereto by a crinolined government schoolmistress,..they stood up. 1908 A. Bennett Old Wives' Tale i. iv. 92 Mr. Critchlow informally presided over that assemblage of grave men in high stocks and crinolined women. 1934 Ld. Berners First Childhood 200 A crinolined damsel seated at the piano. 1967 R. Covell Australia's Music i. 3 Music in colonial Australia wore a frilly bonnet and a crinolined dress and sometimes a military uniform. 1999 S. Campbell Walled Kitchen Gardens 25 The path is..wide enough for a crinolined lady to walk along. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1848 |
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