stays

• Nor was this the only inconvenience; for her stays were drawn so close, that she could not properly breathe. —  Ami des enfants. English
• Ah! then we make up for all this tedious restraint; we are so joyful when our parents permit us to walk in the woods: then we leave our frizzed hair, stays, and our high-heeled shoes all behind us, and run about in our morning dresses like crazy girls; we climb the mountains, and poor madame, who thinks it her duty to follow us, soon loses her breath, halts with weary limbs, and can neither run after us, nor call us back My two younger sisters and myself have never been far from our own castle. —  The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 1, July, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
• The Aurora was hove-to in stays, and the two cutters ordered to be lowered down, and the boat's crew to be armed Mr Easy, do you take one cutter and the armourers; pull on board of the galley, release those people, and land them in small divisions. —  Mr. Midshipman Easy
• Some of the soldiers and passengers were rushing about the deck like madmen; others were on their knees calling to the saints to assist them; while a number of the seamen rushed below, returned with axes, and began hacking at the shrouds and stays--as if, having made up their minds that the ship would be lost, they intended to cut away the masts. —  Saved from the Sea The Loss of the Viper, and her Crew's Saharan Adventures
• While she was in stays, the two quarter-boats were manned and lowered. —  Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman

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