long-waisted

American  

[lawng-wey-stid, long-] / ˈlɔŋˈweɪ stɪd, ˈlɒŋ- /

adjective

1. of more than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a low waistline.

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Etymology

Origin of long-waisted

First recorded in 1640–50

Example Sentences

That was actually our brilliant, brilliant costume designer Donna Zakowska’s idea when we started the show was to make sure that I was corseted because it changes the shape of my body to a much more period shape and that kind of long-waisted thing that those beautiful clothes highlight, but it completely changes the way I walk and carry myself and my posture and even the way I talk because I can't breathe that well.

From Salon

In the 1950s the trend was very long-waisted.

From Los Angeles Times

Appearing contentedly amused, she is short-haired, long-waisted, long-legged, and small-breasted: a period knockout, at the age of forty-four.

From The New Yorker

Sitting up in bed, wearing a plaid flannel nightgown, she looked tall, almost regal; she had always described herself as “long-waisted.”

From The New Yorker

Here came a grand colonel's uniform, when Barrington commanded a regiment of Volunteers; and yonder lay a friar's frock and cowl, relics of those "attic nights" with the Monks of the Screw, and recalling memories of Avonmore and Curran, and Day and Parsons; and with them were mixed hunting-coats, and shooting-jackets, and masonic robes, and "friendly brother" emblems, and long-waisted garments, and swallow-tailed affectations of all shades and tints,—reminders of a time when Buck Whalley was the eccentric, and Lord Llandaff the beau of Irish society.

From Project Gutenberg