Wiktionary
a. Reinforced with whalebone.
Usage examples of "whaleboned".
The bodice was long and stiff, stoutly whaleboned as during the period when wasp waists were in style, with gussets to support the breasts.
It was also made of black nylon, but was so stiffly whaleboned and so narrow that it looked for all the world like an extremely wide belt.
The men, laced into whaleboned and padded doublets, looked as if they were far thinner than they had been when they had worn that finery last.
Restraining an impulse to clutch the whaleboned skirts of Avon’s coat, Léon followed him as closely as he dared into a room beside which all the others through which he had passed faded to nothingness.
She wore a coat of dull gold brocade, with the skirts very full and stiffly whaleboned, and the great cuffs turned back to the elbow.
I believe I never saw a neater waist, and at that time, my lord, coats were worn very tight at the waist with whaleboned skirts.
The whaleboned corset gripped her hips, violently squeezed her waist and rose to cushion her breasts and force them up.