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Crinoline
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A lady's skirt made of any stiff material; latterly, a hoop skirt.
(2):
(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A kind of stiff cloth, used chiefly by women, for underskirts, to expand the gown worn over it; - so called because originally made of hair.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Crinoline'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/crinoline.html. 1828.