Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
women's clothing that has a fitted top and a flared skirt that is widest at the hemline;
- Example: "it is called the A-line because the effect resembles the capital letter A"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Aline \A*line"\, v. t.
To range or place in a line; to bring into line; to align.
--Evelyn.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
A-line
n 1: women's clothing that has a fitted top and a flared skirt
that is widest at the hemline; "it is called the A-line
because the effect resembles the capital letter A"