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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
hemline
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ The knee-length hemline has become very popular this fall.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ An individual finishing touch can come from your choice of shaped hemline, which could be angular, castellated or scalloped.
▪ In the womenswear industry, designers can offer panache without absurdity through color, varying hemlines, adornment and more.
▪ It has a shawl collar, wide belt and cuffed hemline.
▪ Modern fashion writers interpret this hemline ricochet with sociological spins.
▪ The styles now flooding the High Street are all dramatically long, with hemlines hovering around the ankle.
▪ They are all the same, only the hemlines on the models go up or down over the years.
▪ Turn it back down again to reveal the corner between the creased hemline and sides.
▪ We're still talking about Fiona Armstrong's calves and debating fulsomely about the length of hemlines.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
hemline

1899, from hem (n.) + line (n.).

Wiktionary
hemline

n. 1 The line formed by the bottom edge of a skirt, dress, or coat. 2 The height of this line, measured from the floor.

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WordNet
hemline

n. the line formed by the lower edge of a skirt or coat

Wikipedia
Hemline

The hemline is the line formed by the lower edge of a garment, such as a skirt, dress or coat, measured from the floor.

The hemline is perhaps the most variable style line in fashion, changing shape and ranging in height from hip-high to floor-length. What is a fashionable style and height of hemline has varied considerably throughout the years, and has also depended on a number of factors such as the age of the wearer, the occasion for which the garment is worn and the choice of the individual.

Usage examples of "hemline".

She found a little piece of flat blue chalk Cora used for marking hemlines.

After much consideration, my parents decided to take a chance and do simple alterations like hemlines and taking in or letting out waists.

Spain was heating up, FDR was confident the economic crisis was over, and there was an encouraging rumor on the fashion pages that hemlines were going up.

She could see his gaze go helplessly from her naked thigh between the bunched hemline and the upper sheath of her silk stocking, to fix once more on the protrusion of her brassière cup.

Fortunately the fireproofing spell was still in effect, and neither of them even felt warm, though Alianora lost the ends of her sleeves and Cimorene’s hemline rose six scorched inches.

The tailor's mirror is positioned to contain Graice's full height, top of head to hemline, and as the feathery parachutelike skirt, then the snug fitting torso, are eased downward Graice stares into the mirror in wonderment that it is her headher familiar head, hair, face that emerges from so much white silk.

He pulled his elasticized jeans above the hemline of the dress, revealing opaque support hose.

His hair was styled in a loose shag, and a watchless fob hung from a belt loop, terminating in a hemline pocket in the sweater.