chest bindern.
/ˈtʃɛst bʌɪndə/, U.S. /ˈtʃɛst ˌbaɪndər/ 1. A bandage, device, or garment that encircles the chest and is used in the treatment of various injuries or diseases affecting the ribs, lungs, or other parts of the chest.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > bandage > [noun] > bandage for specific part
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1891 J. Leidy in Med. News (Philadelphia) 29 Aug. 239/1 The removal of the chest-binder was..followed by a return of the girdle sensations.
1916 Irish Times 20 June 6/4 Case of dressing, containing 10 pneumonia jackets,..10 chest binders, 20 arm slings.
1956 Washington Post 7 Feb. 42/2 A flannel or linen chest binder relieves the pain of pleurisy, especially during coughing.
2010 S. C. Smeltzer et al. Brunner & Suddarth's Textbk. Med.-surg. Nursing (ed. 12) xxiii. 594/2 Strategies to relieve pain [of rib fractures] include an intercostal nerve block and ice over the fracture site. A chest binder may be used as supportive treatment to provide stability to the chest wall and may decrease pain.
2. A bandage, garment, length of fabric, etc., worn around the chest (typically beneath the clothing) to support or compress the breasts; (now) esp. a tightly-fitting undergarment of stretchable or elasticated fabric, designed to flatten the breasts, and worn esp. by transmasculine or non-binary people; = breast binder n. 2, binder n. Additions.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > other
frilly1900
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > clothing for chest or breast > types of > other
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1958 Oneonta (N.Y.) Star 14 Mar. 6/1 If they try to ruin the feminine form by aping other styles from the '20s such as the chest binder, you'll see the American man bare his fangs.
1970 Expedition Spring 5/1 She [sc. the empress Livia] must have had an assortment of under-tunics..and certain unmentionables such as linen or woolen chest binders..for breast support.
1994 New Yorker 18 July 41/1 Maybe I would meet some very butch lesbians, in ties and jackets and chest binders.
2020 Newstex Blogs (Nexis) 16 Nov. [He] saw a lack of safe, accessible chest binding options for himself and the broader transgender and gender nonconforming community, so he started..a company creating chest binders.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
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