Corset
['kɔːsɪt] or ['kɔrsɪt]
Definition
(noun.) a woman's close-fitting foundation garment.
(verb.) dress with a corset.
Checked by Adelaide--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) In the Middle Ages, a gown or basque of which the body was close fitting, worn by both men and women.
(n.) An article of dress inclosing the chest and waist worn (chiefly by women) to support the body or to modify its shape; stays.
(v. t.) To inclose in corsets.
Typed by Clint
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Bodice, stays.
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Definition
n. a closely-fitting inner bodice stiffened with whalebone &c. and laced up: stays.
Typist: Vilma
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a corset, denotes that you will be perplexed as to the meaning of attentions won by you. If a young woman is vexed over undoing or fastening her corset, she will be strongly inclined to quarrel with her friends under slight provocations.
Editor: Olaf
Unserious Contents or Definition
From Fr. corps, shape, and sec, rough. Rough on the shape.
Edited by Johanna
Examples
- By some means his brother sold one of his machines to Mr. William Thomas, a corset maker of London, and Howe was induced to go there to make stays, and his machines. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He showed it to a man named William Thomas, who became interested in it, offered $1,250 for it, and also offered to employ Elias Howe in his business of umbrella and corset maker. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The apparatus required is, first, a kind of iron corset, for which the performer doing this trick must be properly measured and accurately fitted with it, according to his or her size and build. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- This corset is strapped upon the body, and attached to it is a rod passing down the right side from beneath the arm, almost to the right knee. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Their female costume became astonishingly modern in style; their women wore corsets and flounced dresses. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Well, I can only say that if they'd been mortals and had to wear corsets, it would have been better for them. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- There are patents for belts without number, for electric gloves, rings, bracelets, necklaces, trusses, corsets, shoes, hats, combs, brushes, chairs, couches, and blankets. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Typist: Shane