Corset Meaning
/ˈkɔː(ɹ).sɪt/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust.
nounA tight-fitting gown or basque worn by both men and women during the Middle Ages.
Sentence Examples
That corset doesn't fit me anymore.
Can you help me with this corset?
Principles are a corset that gets tighter and tighter over time.
CEFR Practice Quiz
In the Victorian era, women often wore a ____ to achieve a tiny waist.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
That ____ doesn't fit me anymore.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English corset, from Old French corset. Equivalent to corse + -et.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
In the Victorian era, women often wore a ____ to achieve a tiny waist.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
That ____ doesn't fit me anymore.