CORSET

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, diminutive of cors Date: 13th century a usually close-fitting and often laced medieval jacket, a woman's close-fitting boned supporting undergarment that is often hooked and laced and that extends from above or beneath the bust or from the waist to below the hips and has garters attached, II. transitive verb Date: 1845 to dress in or fit with a ~, to restrict closely ; control rigidly