corset

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  1. noun A close-fitting undergarment, often reinforced by stays, worn to support and shape the waistline, hips, and breasts.
  2. noun A medieval outer garment, especially a laced jacket or bodice.
  3. transitive verb To enclose in or as if in a corset.

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  • Most of the people in Spyre wore dark colors, so she had chosen to dress in red—her corset was a glossy crimson inset with designs sewn in scarlet thread, with a wide-shouldered, open jacket atop that. —  Magazine - Analog Science Fiction and Fact - 2007 - Issue 04 - April
  • On the second position of killer fashion trends we find the corset, which is still in heavy use today. —  Softpedia News - Global
  • How about a plus size lingerie lace-up corset, a vinyl school girl skirt or a cupless mini dress to show off all your voluptuous curves? —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • I agree with many about those white shoes, but the corset is fly. —  CONCRETELOOP.COM
  • "We saw the brand last year and it was something that didn't look like a corset - something that men could wear to look slimmer without looking silly." —  News from www.pantagraph.com
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English, bodice, from Old French, diminutive of cors, body, from Latin corpus; see kwrep- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English corsete, corsette (def. 1), from Old French corset (later Italian corsetto, Middle Latin corsetus), a close-fitting garment (def. 1), French corset (def. 3), diminutive of cors, body: see corse, corpse, and cf. corselet. Cf. bodice, of similar origin.
  2. from corset, n.
 

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