Sometimes corsets.a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
verb (used with object)
to dress or furnish with or as if with a corset.
to regulate strictly; constrict.
Origin of corset
1225–75;Middle English < Anglo-French,Old French, equivalent to cors bodice, body + -et-et
Related formscor·set·less, adjectiveun·cor·set·ed, adjectivewell-cor·set·ed, adjective
a stiffened, elasticated, or laced foundation garment, worn esp by women, that usually extends from below the chest to the hips, providing support for the spine and stomach and shaping the figure
a similar garment worn because of injury, weakness, etc, by either sex
informala restriction or limitation, esp government control of bank lending
a stiffened outer bodice worn by either sex, esp in the 16th century
verb
(tr)to dress or enclose in, or as in, a corset
Word Origin for corset
C14: from Old French, literally: a little bodice; see corselet
c.1300, "kind of laced bodice," from Old French corset (13c.) "bodice, tunic," diminutive of cors "body" (see corps). Meaning "stiff supporting and constricting undergarment" is from 1795.
