chest bindingn.
/ˈtʃɛst bʌɪndɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈtʃɛst ˌbaɪndɪŋ/ 1.
a. The action or practice of flattening and compressing the breasts by binding them tightly with fabric, bandages, tape, an undergarment, etc. Now chiefly with reference to the use of binders by transmasculine or non-binary people: see binder n. Additions, breast binding n. 1b (note).
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1916 A. A. Metcalf in Mission Stud. Sept. 276/2 A thing of which we do not hear and which is more prevalent than foot-binding is the chest-binding of the women.
1934 China Press 31 Oct. 14/1 The..regulation says Chinese women may wear foreign dress... Footbinding is forbidden as is likewise chest-binding.
1997 S. C. Finn & J. G. Tougas Guide to Women's Nutrition (Amer. Dietetic Assoc.) v. 145 The fashionable flapper look of the 1920s came at the cost of painful chest-binding, overexercise and starvation diets.
2019 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 17 June I decided to start chest binding when my dysphoria concerning my chest led to suicidal thoughts and extreme anxiety.
b. A bandage, garment, length of fabric, etc., worn around the chest (typically beneath the clothing) to support, compress, or flatten the breasts. Cf. breast binding n. 1a.
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1969 R. C. H. McKie Bali 86 They put on green kains, white kebayas and plum-coloured chest bindings.
1971 S. Date & K. Watson Come down Stage vii. 124 Women can play men convincingly... Obviously the shape is different but a chest binding, possibly with elastic sides to allow rib expansion, deals with this.
1999 Sunday Times 17 Jan. 4/4 Dorothy..had realised..that she was drawn to women. And women were drawn to ‘him’. A succession of ‘wives’ never questioned the ever-present chest bindings.
2022 Oxf. Mail (Nexis) 9 Mar. A..transgender student is raising money for top surgery... This would mean he can stop wearing the chest binding he is currently using which is extremely restrictive..[and] painful.
2. The action or process of binding the chest in the treatment of various injuries or diseases affecting the ribs, lungs, breasts, etc. Also: a bandage, device, or garment used for this.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > bandage > [noun] > bandage for specific part
wristband1663
suspensory1699
etoile1706
scapular1739
scapulary1754
accipiter1813
frond1848
stapes1875
suspensor1896
1952 Durham (N. Carolina) Sun 12 May 3/1 A truly Elastic Bandage Woven with live rubber threads for perfectly adjusted tension. Ideal bandage for elbows, knees, chest binding.
1974 Press-Telegram (Long Beach, Calif.) 28 Sept. c14/1 On the night she returned [after breast surgery]..she was still bandaged and wore a heavy chest binding.
1983 J. J. Bander in C. G. Warner Emergency Care (ed. 3) viii. 108/1 Rib fractures... Strapping or chest binding is no longer used.
2004 K. Armstrong Dime Store Magic l. 409 He had three cracked ribs, internal bruising, and a possible concussion. The doctor had advised a hospital stay, but Cortez settled for a chest binding and some painkillers.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
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