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crinoline noun 1 historical a stiffened or hooped petticoat worn to make a long skirt stand out. 2 a stiff fabric made of horsehair and cotton or linen thread, typically used for stiffening petticoats or as a lining. ORIGIN mid 19th cent. (originally in sense 2 , early crinolines being made of such material): from French, formed irregularly from Latin crinis ‘hair’ + linum ‘thread.’



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farthingale noun historical a hooped petticoat or circular pad of fabric around the hips, formerly worn under women's skirts to extend and shape them. ORIGIN early 16th cent.(formerly also as vardingale): from French verdugale, alteration of Spanish verdugado, from verdugo ‘rod, stick,’ from verde ‘green.’



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And just when I was beginning to get over the whole phylactery/tefillin situation.