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corsage|ˈkɔːsɪdʒ, or, as F., kɔrsaʒ|
[a. OF. corsage (12th c. in Littré), f. cors body: see -age.]
†1. Bodily condition as to size and shapeliness.
1481Caxton Myrr. ii. vi. 72 Another beste of moche fayr corsage or shappe of body. 1658Ussher Ann. 387 He thought the greatness of their stature and corsage would be a terrour to the Romans.
†2.
a. The body as distinct from the limbs; the bust. Obs.
1510–20Compl. too late Maryed (1862) 10 Gorgyously shewynge her fayre corsage. 1600Puttenham in Nichols Progr. Q. Eliz. III. 476 What ells dame nature coolde devise To frame a face, and corsage paragon.
b. Of a bird. [A Gallicism.]
1869tr. Pouchet's Universe (1871) 65 The sapphire and the emerald gleam on their wings and corsages.
3. a. The ‘body’ of a woman's dress; a bodice (commonly pronounced as Fr.).
1843Godey's Lady's Bk. Aug. 96 The corsage is tight to the figure, very long in the waist, and trimmed down the centre to match the skirt. 1846‘A Lady’ Jewish Man.: Toilette v. 215 The close-fitting corsage and tight sleeve. 1857A. Harris & E. Falconer Rose of Castile, Muleteer's Song, Many a loving heart when near Doth trembling 'neath its corsage bound. 1867Nation 3 Jan. 14/1 The same trimming was continued on the corsage and in the head-dress. 1883Truth 31 May 769/2 The ball dress has a train and corsage of turquoise blue satin.
b. A bouquet worn on the bodice. U.S.
[1886Amer. Garden Jan. 8/3 An enterprising florist who has imported Water-Lilies from Florida for a week past, selects twenty expanded ones for a bouquet de corsage.] 1911H. S. Harrison Queed ix. 105 On her rounded breast..a splendid corsage of orchid and lily-of-the-valley. 1955T. Sterling Evil of Day viii. 95 The forget-me-not corsage..she had bought for herself, explaining to her escort that gardenias gave her a headache. |