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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
corset
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
wear
▪ Still she wears corsets and girdles, tight and uncomfortable.
▪ He has kept his figure and his bearing - although I suspect vanity might have him wearing a male corset.
▪ She wore a corset to support her broken body, and she lived to be only 47.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ In those days, women wore corsets and up to five layers of petticoats.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A back corset may be needed to prevent curvature.
▪ Her mainly exposed bosoms wobbled over the top of her black corset.
▪ Still she wears corsets and girdles, tight and uncomfortable.
▪ Tall and stately, fairly bursting from her corset, she sometimes tipped the scales at over 200 pounds.
▪ The fear of every fleshy lady is the broken corset string.
▪ Toned muscles can also act as a natural corset, improving the body's shape and contours.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Corset

Corset \Cor"set\ (k?r"s?t), n. [F., dim. of OF. cors, F. corps, body. See Corse.]

  1. In the Middle Ages, a gown or basque of which the body was close fitting, worn by both men and women.

  2. An article of dress inclosing the chest and waist worn (chiefly by women) to support the body or to modify its shape; stays.

Corset

Corset \Cor"set\ (k?r"s?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corseted; p. pr. & vb. n. Corseting.] To inclose in corsets.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
corset

c.1300, "kind of laced bodice," from Old French corset (13c.) "bodice, tunic," diminutive of cors "body" (see corps). Meaning "stiff supporting and constricting undergarment" is from 1795.

Wiktionary
corset

n. 1 A woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust. 2 (context historical English) In the Middle Ages, a tight-fitting gown or basque worn by both men and women. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To enclose in a corset; to wear a corset. 2 (context figuratively English) To restrict or confine.

WordNet
corset

  1. n. a woman's close-fitting foundation garment [syn: girdle, stays]

  2. v. dress with a corset

Wikipedia
Corset

A corset is a garment worn to hold and train 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 this item was for many years an integral part of women's wardrobes.

Since the late 20th century, the fashion industry has borrowed the term "corset" to refer to tops which, to varying degrees, mimic the look of traditional corsets without acting as them. While these modern corsets and corset tops often feature lacing or boning and generally imitate a historical style of corsets, they have very little, if any, effect on the shape of the wearer's body. Genuine corsets are usually made by a corsetmaker and are frequently fitted to the individual wearer.

Usage examples of "corset".

She settled herself carefully on his thighs and reached up, unfastening the hooks of her corset, letting the garment fall to the floor.

She settled herself carefully on his thighs and reached up, unfastening the hooks of her corset until her breasts were free, letting the garment fall to the floor.

Veils, fur stoles, whalebone corsets, hats with waxed fruit, kneepads, anything.

Beneath it, Holbrook could catch only glimpses of the blackest, laciest, tightest corset Mt.

Straightening himself from a bow which caused his Cumberland corset to creak ominously, he became aware of General Oakenshaw, and realized, with immense satisfaction, that that distinguished gentleman was observing this passage with blatant revulsion.

Corsets or bands which impede the flow of blood, compress the organs of the chest or abdomen, or restrict the movements of the body, are very injurious, and should not be worn.

Pulling a small knife from his coat pocket, he cut away her corset and silky pantalets, leaving only her gartered stockings.

Pop said and gave the corset a final semi-stroking amorous pat in the roundest part.

You will be laced with cruel force into vicelike corsets of soft dove coutille with whalebone busk to the diamondtrimmed pelvis, the absolute outside edge, while your figure, plumper than when at large, will be restrained in nettight frocks, pretty two ounce petticoats and fringes and things stamped, of course, with my houseflag, creations of lovely lingerie for Alice and nice scent for Alice.

They had decided to spend a day in London on the way back so that Annis could buy her wedding dress and meet Carol, who had agreed excitedly to be a bridesmaid, and it was still fairly early in the morning when they left Mere and Corset the Bristol racing towards London.

I am very sorry the peasant woman has given you that corset, as otherwise I might at least have seen my little pets without fear of bad dreams.

It contained thirty-two pages of photographs showing models wearing brassieres, corsets, garter belts, and stockings.

The country-woman came up to lay the pretty new table, just as I was taking off her corset without her offering the least resistance.

Kairthe helped her to dress, tying satin garters, lacing boned corset, fastening corset-cover and petticoats, and finally wrapping a light, voluminous dressing gown over all.

Corsets, petticoats, gowns, kerchief, fans, work-bags, rougeboxes, masks, gloves-all were there.