( n. )
A kind of stiff cloth, used chiefly by women, for underskirts, to expand the gown worn over it; -- so called because originally made of hair.
( n. )
A kind of stiff cloth, used chiefly by women, for underskirts, to expand the gown worn over it; -- so called because originally made of hair.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012