adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any article of clothing with a narrow mid-section and a flared bottom.
2. 2
   Arterial line.
3. 3
   women's clothing that has a fitted top and a flared skirt that is widest at the hemline wordnet

Adjective

1. 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. not-comparable

Etymology

From A + line (“figure”).

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