Crinoline

  • 61caricature and cartoon — ▪ graphic arts Introduction       in graphic art, comically distorted drawing or likeness, done with the purpose of satirizing or ridiculing its subject. Cartoons are used today primarily for conveying political commentary and editorial opinion… …

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  • 62crin — [ krɛ̃ ] n. m. • XIIe; lat. crinis « cheveu » 1 ♦ Poil long et rude qui pousse au cou (⇒ crinière) et à la queue de certains animaux, spécialement des chevaux. « pendus aux crins de nos chevaux » (Fromentin). 2 ♦ Ce poil utilisé à divers usages.… …

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  • 63robe — [ rɔb ] n. f. • XIIe; germ. °rauba « butin » (cf. dérober), d où « vêtement dont on a dépouillé qqn » I ♦ Vêtement qui entoure le corps. A ♦ 1 ♦ Dans l Antiquité, en Orient, Vêtement d homme d un seul tenant descendant aux genoux ou aux pieds (⇒… …

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  • 64Krinoline — Kri|no|li|ne 〈f. 19; 19. Jh.〉 über einem Reifengestell getragener, weiter u. langer, ovaler bis trichterförmiger Rock, Nachfolger des Reifrocks [<frz. crinoline „Krinoline“; zu crin „Rosshaar“ <lat. crinis „Haar“] * * * Kri|no|li|ne, die; …

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  • 65clothing — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Wearing apparel Nouns 1. clothing, clothes, apparel, wear, dress, attire, array, raiment, garments, garb, costume, outfit, habiliment, habit, rig, ensemble, caparison, drapery, toilette, fig, wardrobe,… …

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  • 66Krinoline — Sf weit abstehender Rock erw. obs. (19. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus frz. crinoline (eigentlich: Roßhaargewebe ), dieses aus it. crinolina, zu it. crine m. Pferdehaar (aus l. crīnis m. Haar ) und it. lino m. Leinen (aus l. līnum n. Leinen,… …

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  • 67crinolined — nd adjective 1. : wearing a crinoline a pretty crinolined miss 2. : stiffened with crinoline a crinolined petticoat * * * crinˈolined adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑crinoline …

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  • 68Lingerie — For other uses, see Lingerie (disambiguation). Assorted lingerie styles …

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  • 70Tightlacing — A corset reducing the circumference of the waist to 16 inches (41 cm). Tightlacing (also called corset training and waist training) is the practice of wearing a tightly laced corset to achieve extreme modifications to the figure and posture… …

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