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.

References

Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “A-line”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 1.

Anagrams

• Elain, Elian, Elina, Nelia, alien, anile, elain, laine, liane, linea