See also:

• CRINOLINE (a Fr. word formed of the Lat. crinis, hair, and linum, thread)

CRINOLINE (a Fr. word formed of the See also:

• LAT

Lat. crinis, See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair, and linum, See also:

• THREAD (0. Eng. praed, literally, that which is twisted, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a silk-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread, wire)

thread)  , a stiffening material made of See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse-See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair and See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton or See also:

• LINEN

linen See also:

• THREAD (0. Eng. praed, literally, that which is twisted, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a silk-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread, wire)

thread . Substitutes for this, such as the See also:

• STRAW

straw-like material used in making See also:

• HAT

hat shapes, are also known by the same name . From the use of the material to expand ladies' skirts the See also:

• TERM

term was applied, during the third See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter of the 19th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, when the See also:

• FASHION (adapted from Fr. facon, agon, Lat. factio, making, facere, to do or make)

fashion of wearing greatly See also:

• EXPANDED

expanded skirts was at its height, to the See also:

• WHALEBONE

whalebone and See also:

• STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel hoops employed to support the skirts thus worn (see See also:

• COSTUME
• COSTUME (through the Fr. costume, from Ital. costume, Late Lat. costuma, a contracted form of Lat. consuetudinem, ace. of consuetudo, custom, habit, manner, &c.)

COSTUME) . The term is also used of structures resembling these articles, especially of the framework of booms, spars and netting forming a See also:

• PROTECTION

protection for a warship against See also:

• TORPEDO

torpedo attack .