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Noun
/ˈkôrsət/,
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corsets, plural;
  1. A woman's tightly fitting undergarment extending from below the chest to the hips, worn to shape the figure

  2. A similar garment worn by men or women to support a weak or injured back

  3. A tightly fitting laced or stiffened outer bodice or dress

  1. a woman's close-fitting foundation garment
  2. dress with a corset
  3. A corset is a garment worn to mold and shape the torso into a desired shape for aesthetic or medical purposes (either for the duration of wearing it, or with a more lasting effect). Both men and women are known to wear corsets, though women are more common wearers.
  4. A corset is a garment that girds the torso and shapes it according to the fashionable silhouette of the day. Most often it has been used for cinching the waist and supporting the breasts.
  5. A woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust; To enclose in a corset; to wear a corset; To restrict or confine
  6. (Corsets) Form fitting foundation intended to shape the mid-section and waist inward using boning. Can be worn as an undergarment such as a bridal corset or as outerwear similar to a camisole.
  7. (Corsets) Tight-fitting, body-enhancing undergarments used to be worn by women to create an hourglass-shaped silhouette. A traditional corset features boning and either a lace-up or a hook-and-eye closure, with a bust-to-hip length. ...
  8. (corsets) (n): a corset is a ladies undergarment designed to produce a particular effect on the figure. That effect usually results in a slim (or slimmer) waist and larger busts and hips, like the woman in this picture.
  9. A waist-cinching garment that imposes its shape on the figure. Modern corsets use steel boning to compress the waist and lift the bust. They were originally constructed using whalebones.
  10. 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.
  11. A form-fitting, usually strapless bodice with boning and either laces or snap closures, styled in the fashion of the ladies undergarment of the same name.
  12. A close fitting garment, usually stiffened by boning or similar and tightly laced to shape and support the wearer's figure.
  13. (1789 Lady's Monthly Museum):  The new term for the c18th stays or c16th pair of bodies.  The stiffened garment that supported and shaped the torso.  Principally a female fashion garment, but occasionally worn for male fashion. Generally back-lacing and front fastening.
  14. Undergarment - close fitting to impose silhouette with defined waist and or full bosom. Traditionally in two pieces, boned and laced up back and front. Originally called Stays this term is now largely obsolete. examples
  15. A type of girdle worn by girls that bound their waste with rods made from bone.
  16. The fashionable size for a waist in the 1800's was alleged to be eighteen inches. A corset was the device used to attain this width or something close to it. It consisted of two halves, reinforced with whalebone that got hooked together in front and then laced up in back. ...
  17. A snug fitting garment designed to cinch the waist.
  18. A woman's close-fitting sometimes boned top that is often hooked and laced and that extends from above the bust to the waist and may have garters attached.
  19. a formfitting undergarment enclosing the torso, often stiffened with whalebone or similar material and capable of being tightened by lacing
  20. end of 14th century on - an undergarment with whalebone or steel ribs embracing the chest and natural waist level - fell out of fashion in the 1920's (4)
  21. Restrictions; holding yourself back in some way / Presenting yourself as you think others want to see you
  22. a stiffened undergarment for the upper body, usually worn by women. Intended to re-shape the figure, this also serves as a foundation to hang clothing on or pin to. In the 15th -17th centuries, these were usually of layers of canvas with reeds, bone or metal strips between. ...
  23. A tight-fitting top with boning for support. Usually laces up back for custom fit.
  24. a tight garment worn by women to make themselves thinner around the waist.
  25. A corset supports the breasts from underneath and usually pushes them up and over the neckline edge. It is almost always hooked, boned, close fitting and laced. It begins either above or just below the bust and extends down to the waist or below the hips.