crinolette
crinolette noun: a whalebone, cane, or steel framework that was worn between petticoat and dress, attached at the waist and projecting backwards but not as far to the sides as in the case of a full hoop skirt.
Noun
crinolette (plural crinolettes)
- A whalebone, cane, or steel framework that was worn between petticoat and dress, attached at the waist and projecting backwards but not as far to the sides as in the case of a full hoop skirt.
- The Princess of Wales has won two millinery victories this year -- both on the side of common sense. She has banished the crinolette, in spite of Paris. She has retained the small bonnet in fashion, still in spite of Paris.1883 October 6, “Hurrah, For the Princess!”, in Punch, volumes 84-85, page 161
- The jupon or steel petticoat, which in the crinoline period was bell-shaped, in 1869 became flat in front and at the back sloped groundwards from the waist, where the tournure or "crinolette" projected over the jupon in a sweeping curve.1935, Baron Angus Holden, Elegant modes in the nineteenth century: from high waist to bustle
Forms of crinolette
| plural | crinolettes |
|---|
Origin of crinolette
From crinoline + -ette.
Questions about crinolette
- What does crinolette mean?
- Crinolette means a whalebone, cane, or steel framework that was worn between petticoat and dress, attached at the waist and projecting backwards but not as far to the sides as in the case of a full hoop skirt.
- What part of speech is crinolette?
- Crinolette is a noun.
- What is the plural of crinolette?
- The plural of crinolette is crinolettes.
Words near crinolette in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: crinolette (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “crinolette.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/crinolette. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.