ETYM French, from crin hair,Latin crinis.
1. A stiff coarse fabric used to stiffen hats or clothing.
2. Full stiff petticoat made of crinoline.
Stiff flax or cotton fabric.
Stiff fabric, originally made of horsehair, widely used in 19th-century women's clothing. It was used to create skirts of great width in the 1850s when the cage-frame crinoline, made with steel hoops, was introduced. Promoted by the Empress Eugénie in France, the style became popular throughout Europe. The frame was modified around 1865 when the skirts were flattened at the front, leaving a fuller skirt at the back. By the late 1860s many crinolines were discarded altogether in favor of a far narrower profile.
Tkanina u koju je utkana konjska dlaka da bi bila kruća; široka donja suknja od ovakve tkanine. (lat.)