The ceiling in the auditorium was painted, and the walls and ceilings in the chapel and amusement hall were replaced, painted and starched.
She wore her skirt hitched up to reveal an underskirt, without hoops or paniers, held out simply by a starched muslin petticoat.
The manner of its telling the dispassionate, exact, almost starched prose, with its occasional glints of sardonic humor is an impressive achievement in itself.
The first crinolines were petticoats starched for extra stiffness, made out of the new crinoline fabric.
In order to improve the look, khd/khaddar is sometimes starched to give it a stiffer feel.
In order to make the fabric stiffer, extra fibers are sometimes carried along with the yarn or the hat may be starched.
It is said he owned over 200 hand-tailored suits which he wore with heavily starched shirts with detachable collars.
He dresses like an old-fashioned country clerkwith apron, starched collar, suspenders, sleeve garters, and a straw skimmer or a bookkeeping visor.
