A-line
Origin
From A + line ("figure")
Full definition of A-line
Adjective
A-line
- 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
- Any article of clothing with a narrow mid-section and a flared bottom.Brown, Lesley (2003)