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Corseting

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

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corseting

vb. (present participle of corset English)

Usage examples of "corseting".

I essayed a restorative deep breath, but the tightness of the whale­bone corseting made it come out as a strangled gasp.

With no corseting, we’d soon all have twenty-seven-and twenty-eight-inch waists.

I proceeded to give her a little lecture on the iniquitous effect of tight corseting upon the internal organs, to which she listened without attempting to conceal her interest.

Her fair faded tints, her quaint corseting, the passementerie on her tight-waisted dress, the velvet band on her tapering arm, made her resemble a "carte de visite" photograph of the middle sixties.

They were just beneath the wide white facade, with its rich restraint of line, which suggested the clever corseting of a redundant figure.

See that those wool sacks of grain and fruit are lashed really tight -- imagine you're corseting a fat woman, put your foot in her back and really pull those laces.

See that those wool sacks of grain and fruit are lashed really tight—imagine you're corseting a fat woman, put your foot in her back and really pull those laces.