stomacher

American  

[stuhm-uh-ker] / ˈstʌm ə kər /

noun

1. a richly ornamented garment covering the stomach and chest, worn in the 15th and 16th centuries, and later worn under a bodice by women.

---

stomacher British  

/ ˈstʌməkə /

noun

1. a decorative V-shaped panel of stiff material worn over the chest and stomach by men and women in the 16th century, later only by women

---

Etymology

Origin of stomacher

A late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at stomach, -er ¹

---

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

stomacher

There’s the feather-bedecked cavalier hat, the skull mask, the beads, rubies, buttons, trim and sofa’s worth of tassels that pull together the stomacher, a Renaissance-era decorated panel.

From New York Times ● Aug. 12, 2021

A stomacher of unspecified construction and called the "Parr English Pad" was proclaimed "a certain cure for all malarial or contagious diseases."

From Time Magazine Archive

Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt was there, in hair ribbon and diamond stomacher.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Paris, for instance, the Walshes got clubby with Chicago's Mrs. Potter Palmer, and Evalyn was allowed to touch her stomacher.

From Time Magazine Archive

She hugged herself, her arms wrapped hard around her stomacher.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

---