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corset en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (UK) audio
  • /ˈkɔː(ɹ).sɪt/
  • /kɔː(ɹ)ˈsɛt/

Etymology

From Middle English corset, from Old French corset. Equivalent to corse + -et.

Meanings

  1. 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. 1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:
  2. (historical) A tight-fitting gown or basque worn by both men and women during the Middle Ages.
  3. (UK, historical) A regulation that limited the growth of British banks' interest-bearing deposits.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
corsets Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

diaper corset · corsetwear · corsetmaking · neck corset · corsetmaker · hourglass corset · anticorset · corsetless · corsetery · corsetry · corset effect · corsetlike · corseted

Synonyms

stays · bodice and underbodice

Translations (50)

nb korsett (woman's garment) · ko 코르셋 (woman's garment) · cs korzet (woman's garment) · de Schnürleib (woman's garment) · ro corset (woman's garment) · nn korsett (woman's garment) · sh steznik (woman's garment) · cy staes (woman's garment) · eo korseto (woman's garment) · fa کرست (woman's garment) · da korset (woman's garment) · sh стезник (woman's garment) · da snørliv (woman's garment) · kw korset (woman's garment) · el κορσές (woman's garment) · sk korzet (woman's garment) · fr corset (woman's garment) · nl keurs (woman's garment) · acw كورساج (woman's garment) · io korseto (woman's garment) · vi coóc-xê (woman's garment) · sh корзет (woman's garment) · sh korzet (woman's garment) · ru гра́ция (woman's garment) · es corsé (woman's garment) · bg корсе́т (woman's garment) · cy corsed (woman's garment) · tr korse (woman's garment) · hy սեղմիրան (woman's garment) · he מחוך (woman's garment) · cmn 緊身褡 /紧身褡 (woman's garment) · tl kurse (woman's garment) · acw مَشَد (woman's garment) · fi korsetti (woman's garment) · ar كورسيه (woman's garment) · is lífstykki (woman's garment) · it corsetto (woman's garment) · ja コルセット (woman's garment) · fa شکمبند (woman's garment) · pt espartilho (woman's garment) · ca cotilla (woman's garment) · es corset (woman's garment) · ru корсе́т (woman's garment) · mrw korsit (woman's garment) · pt corset (woman's garment) · hu fűző (woman's garment) · nl korset (woman's garment) · sv korsett (woman's garment) · pl gorset (woman's garment) · de Korsett (woman's garment)

corset en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (UK) audio
  • /ˈkɔː(ɹ).sɪt/
  • /kɔː(ɹ)ˈsɛt/

Etymology

From Middle English corset, from Old French corset. Equivalent to corse + -et.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To enclose in a corset; to wear a corset.
    • Mabel dreaded the upcoming ball and the preliminary corseting it would entail.
  2. (figuratively) 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. 2004 July 1, Leslie Feinberg, “Sexual freedom vs. fascism in Germany”, in Workers World:

Forms

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corsets Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
corsetting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
corsetted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
corsetted Tense=Past lexicographic
corseted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
corseted Tense=Past lexicographic
corseting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic