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# crinoline

«crinoline» in Mova's school dictionary: **A stiff frame or petticoat worn under a long skirt to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (crinoline, crinolines)

### meaning for a pupil

(old use) A stiff frame or petticoat worn under a long skirt to make it stand out wide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crinoline/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old stories, a fashionable dress with a wide, stiff skirt; a mother or a lady dressed in crinoline

### examples

- She walked into the room in a crinoline. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crinoline/#x1)
- The lady's crinoline made the doorway look small. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crinoline/#x2)
- The little girl wanted a new crinoline for the dance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crinoline/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «crinoline» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crinoline/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.