corset

Borrowed from Old French corset.

An 1893 corset, front and back.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔː(ɹ).sɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)sɪt

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corset (plural corsets)

1. A woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust.
2. (historical) A tight-fitting gown or basque worn by both men and women during the Middle Ages.

• stays, see also bodice and underbodice

• corset effect
• corsetry

corset (third-person singular simple present corsets, present participle corseting or corsetting, simple past and past participle corseted or corsetted)

1. (transitive) To enclose in a corset; to wear a corset.

   Mabel dreaded the upcoming ball and the preliminary corseting it would entail.

2. (figuratively) To restrict or confine.

   "I will not remain corseted by your notions of what is and is not proper!" she exclaimed.

• Coster, Ectors, Tresco, coster, escort, recost, rectos, scoter, scrote, sector

From Old French cors (“body”) + -et.

• IPA^(key): /kɔʁ.sɛ/

corset m (plural corsets)

1. corset

• “corset” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Old French corset, from cors (“body”) + -et.

corset m (plural corsets)

1. (Jersey) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

• corset d'oeuvre (“jersey”)
• t-corset (“t-shirt”)