corset
verb
- to dress in or fit with a corset
- to restrict closely : control rigidly
noun
- garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust.
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈkɔː(ɹ).sɪt/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English corset, from Old French corset. Equivalent to corse + -et.
- A woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust.
“Today was Sunday, and Aunt Alexandra was positively irritable on the Lord’s Day. I guess it was her Sunday corset.”
- A tight-fitting gown or basque worn by both men and women during the Middle Ages.
- A regulation that limited the growth of British banks' interest-bearing deposits.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English corset, from Old French corset. Equivalent to corse + -et.
- To enclose in a corset; to wear a corset.
“Mabel dreaded the upcoming ball and the preliminary corseting it would entail.”
- To restrict or confine.
“I will not remain corseted by your notions of what is and is not proper!”
“They were trying to free the lives of women of all sexualities and genders that were tightly corseted by lack of basic social and economic rights.”