a. rare. [ad. L. crīnāl-is, f. crīn-is hair.] Of or pertaining to the hair.
1656. in Blount, Glossogr.
1859. R. F. Burton, Centr. Afr., in Jrnl. Geog. Soc., XXIX. 317. The crinal line is low, and often encroaches upon the temples. Ibid. (1876), Gorilla L., I. 204. A fashion of crinal decoration quite new to me.
