Dr bill reminded me:

trying to find some words related to
Today's Word, I thought of 'crinoline'.
Turns out it was first made from horsehair.
crinoline
1830, from Fr. "hair cloth," from It. crinolino, from crino "horsehair," from L. crinis "hair" + lino "flax, thread," from L. linum. So called from the warp and woof fibers of the original mixture.



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