Read full poem →Watching you comb your hair,
Clothed in a corset waist and skirt of silk,
Tied with white braid above your slender hips
Dictionary Entry
A woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. corsetcover corsetcorset tightcorset whalebone
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Poetry examples for “corset”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →name of "Algernon Mainwaring, 5th Floor," the qualification of
"Hygienic Corset-maker," as an explanation--possibly--of why so many
women found their way to the top storey of No. 94.)
Read full poem →229. Bodice. Formerly bodies, from fitting close to the body, as Fr.
corset, from corps, **A woman’s bodies, or a pair of bodies, corset,
corpset.”” Ben Jonson writes Jodies, see an Lilegie ;
Read full poem →Was forced to put up a blind
And be safe in my corset-lacing.