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A-LINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does A-line mean? 

A-LINE (noun)
  The noun A-LINE has 1 sense:

1. women's clothing that has a fitted top and a flared skirt that is widest at the hemlineplay

  Familiarity information: A-LINE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


A-LINE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Women's clothing that has a fitted top and a flared skirt that is widest at the hemline

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

it is called the A-line because the effect resembles the capital letter A

Hypernyms ("A-line" is a kind of...):

woman's clothing (clothing that is designed for women to wear)


 Context examples 


We had got fairly abreast of them now, the rumps of the horses exactly a-line and the fore wheels whizzing together.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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