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A-line

  [ey-lahyn]
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–noun
1. (esp. in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A-shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
2. a garment having such a cut.
–adjective
3. being of such design or cut: an A-line coat; an A-line dress.
Origin:
1960–65
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A-line 
descriptive of a dress or skirt flared in shape of a letter "A," 1955, in ref. to Christian Dior.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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