Crinoline vs Bustle - What's the difference?
crinoline | bustle |
A stiff fabric made from cotton and horsehair
A stiff petticoat made from this fabric
A skirt stiffened with hoops
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An excited activity; a stir.
* 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 34.
(computing) A cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine.
(historical) A frame worn underneath a woman's skirt, typically only protruding from the rear as opposed to the earlier more circular hoops.
To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about ).
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To teem or abound (usually followed by with''); to exhibit an energetic and active abundance (of a thing). ''See also bustle with .
As nouns the difference between crinoline and bustle
is that crinoline is a stiff fabric made from cotton and horsehair while bustle is an excited activity; a stir.As a verb bustle is
to move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about ).crinoline
English
Noun
(wikipedia crinoline) (en noun)bustle
English
Noun
(en noun)- we are, perhaps, all the while flattering our natural indolence, which, hating the bustle of the world, and drudgery of business seeks a pretence of reason to give itself a full and uncontrolled indulgence
Derived terms
* hustle and bustleVerb
- The commuters bustled about inside the train station.
- I was once so mad to bussell abroad, and seek about for preferment […].
- The train station was bustling with commuters.