CORSET


Meaning of CORSET in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ VERB

wear

Still she wears corsets and girdles, tight and uncomfortable.

He has kept his figure and his bearing - although I suspect vanity might have him wearing a male corset .

She wore a corset to support her broken body, and she lived to be only 47.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

In those days, women wore corsets and up to five layers of petticoats.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A back corset may be needed to prevent curvature.

Her mainly exposed bosoms wobbled over the top of her black corset .

Still she wears corsets and girdles, tight and uncomfortable.

Tall and stately, fairly bursting from her corset , she sometimes tipped the scales at over 200 pounds.

The fear of every fleshy lady is the broken corset string.

Toned muscles can also act as a natural corset , improving the body's shape and contours.

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