A-line

See also: aline, Aline, aliñe, and aliñé

English

An a-line skirt

Etymology

From A +‎ line (“figure”)

Adjective

A-line (not comparable)

  1. Having a silhouette that replicates the letter A by flaring out from the top, like a funnel, narrow and fitted at the neck and shoulders, skimming the hips and widening toward the bottom, with little or no shaping or seaming at the waist.

Noun

A-line (plural A-lines)

  1. Any article of clothing with a narrow mid-section and a flared bottom.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Brown, Lesley (2003)

Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], →ISBN), page 1

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