corsetn.

Brit.

/ˈkɔːsɪt/, U.S.

/ˈkɔrsət/

Forms: Middle English–1800s corsette, Middle English corsete, coursette, 1800s corsett, Middle English– corset.

Etymology: < French corset (13th cent. in Littré), diminutive of Old French cors body.

1. A close-fitting body-garment; esp. a laced bodice worn as an outside garment by women in the middle ages and still in many countries; also a similar garment formerly worn by men.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > bodice > other

corset1299

overbody1535

jupon1542

jup1603

Pierrot?1789

chemisette1796

spencer1799

jupe1810

jelick1816

railly1819

rail1820

Zouave1859

Basque1860

casaque1872

casaquin1879

overbodice1897

choli1907

halter1935

tube top1974

boob tube1977

bustier1978

1299 Wardrobe Acct. 28 Edw. I 28/15 2 corsett' de miniver.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 361 He dede on a corsette of Janyr.

1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) xx. 39 This gyse..of these grete pourfyls and of the Coursettys torned by the sydes.

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) lxxv. sig. Tii Her senesshal..mounted on a gret courser, and in a rich corset of grene gyrt w^t a white silken lace.

1805 H. Lee Canterbury Tales V. 228 She wore a corset, the short waist and petticoats of her country.

1811 W. Scott Don Roderick xxxiii. 35 He conscious of his broidered cap and band, She of her netted locks and light corsette.

2. A closely-fitting inner bodice stiffened with whalebone or the like, and fastened by lacing; worn chiefly by women to give shape and support to the figure; stays. Esp. in plural. Also figurative (usually in singular).

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > corset

busk1581

a pair of stays1608

bodicea1625

stay1731

corset1795

belt1818

foundation garment1927

foundation1939

1795 Times 24 June Corsettes about six inches long, and a slight buffon tucker of two inches high, are now the only defensive paraphernalia of our fashionable Belles.

1796 W. Booth Specif. Patent 2112 An improvement in the making of stays and corsettes.

1829 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor VII. xxxi. 107 Her morning-dress, which..she always wore without her corset.

1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. iv. 97 To see If tightly laced her corsets be.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 502 Vicelike corsets of soft dove coutille.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 510 Corsets for men.

1930 W. S. Maugham Cakes & Ale xvi. 190 When I put my hands on her sides I could feel the ribbing of the skin from the pressure of the corsets.

1930 W. S. Maugham Cakes & Ale xvi. 191 She did not put on her corsets again, but rolled them up and I wrapped them in a piece of newspaper.

1951 in M. McLuhan Mech. Bride 93/2 Bergson has put a corset around the Absolute.

1968 Listener 25 July 102/1 Under the title of democratic centralism it imprisons the state in a bureaucratic corset designed to restrict development to predetermined fields.

1970 Sunday Times 11 Oct. (Colour Suppl.) 23/2 They buy a tin corset for their shapeless souls: they buy ‘the car with authority’.

†3. = corslet n. 1. Obsolete.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > body armour > [noun] > coat of mail or corselet

ring netOE

burnec1050

briniec1175

hauberk1297

coatc1300

bryn1330

habergeon1377

jackc1380

doublet of defence (or fence)1418

petticoatc1425

gesteron1469

byrnie1488

coat of fence1490

corset1490

corse1507

sark of mail1515

plate-coat1521

shirt of mail1522

mail-coat1535

corslet1563

costlet1578

pewter coat1584

cataphract1591

pyne doublet1600

sponge1600

coat-armour1603

brace1609

coat of arms1613

frock of mail1671

mail-shirt1816

mail-sark1838

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) iii. 79 Ye sholde haue seen..corsettes & flancardes all to-brosten.

4. attributive.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [adjective] > corset

corset1837

deboned1922

roll-on1933

1837 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades (1842) 165 (heading) Corset~maker.

1837 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades (1842) 166 Females are more employed in stay and corset making than males.

1843 Ainsworth's Mag. 3 51 I cannot see that this corset-fitter..was a lady.

1845 M. M. Noah Gleanings 116 [The young lady] drew out a piece of long black iron or steel... It is my corset bone, whispered she.

1877 J. A. Ruth Decorum 285 These latter..consist of a waist cut like a plain corset~cover.

1882 Dict. Needlework (at cited word) Corset Cord..is made both of linen and of cotton.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 473 A tag of her corset lace hangs slightly below her jacket.

1962 K. A. Porter Ship of Fools i. 51 She wears a white linen corset cover with tatting around the edges.

Draft additions 1993

b. A close-fitting support worn because of injury, weakness, or deformity, esp. of the thorax or spine.

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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical supports > [noun] > appliances to support spine

circumcinction1599

monitor1785

corset1833

plaster jacket1879

jury-mast1883

1833 Dunglison Dict. Med. Sci. 243/2 Corset,... Different bandages, more or less complicated, which embrace the greater part of the trunk, are like wise so called.

1884 Catal. Orthopaedical Apparatuses (John Reynolds & Co.) 306 (heading) Sayre's Spinal Spring Corset.

1884 Catal. Orthopaedical Apparatuses (John Reynolds & Co.) 306 The corset is constantly making efforts to extend itself.

1907 A. Thorndike Orthopedic Surg. xx. 341 Corsets made of cloth re-inforced with steels..have been used extensively.

1939 H. H. Jordan Orthopedic Appliances v. 253 The illustrations..show a leather-strip anklet..combined with a metatarsal corset.

1951 F. J. Knocke & L. S. Knocke Orthopaedic Nursing vii. 155 A corset is a semirigid support, made of stout cloth reinforced with longitudinal supports.

1985 J. N. Walton Brain's Dis. Nervous Syst. (ed. 9) xviii. 518 A light lumbar support or corset which is worn for three months or longer.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

ˈcorset v. [as a back-formation] esp. in figurative use, to place restraints or controls on (something); to force into.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > restrict in free action [verb (transitive)]

bindc1200

hamper?a1366

chain1377

coarctc1400

prison?a1425

tether?a1505

fetter1526

imprisona1533

strait1533

swaddle1539

measure1560

shacklea1568

to tie up1570

manacle1577

straitena1586

hopple1586

immew16..

scant1600

cabina1616

criba1616

trammela1616

copse1617

cramp1625

cloister1627

incarcerate1640

hidebind1642

strait-lace1662

perstringe1679

hough-band1688

cabin1780

pin1795

strait jacket1814

peg1832

befetter1837

to tie the hands of1866

corset1935

society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > restrict or limit [verb (transitive)] > in free action

bind971

hamper?a1366

chain1377

coarctc1400

prison?a1425

tether?a1505

fetter1526

imprisona1533

strait1533

swaddle1539

measure1560

shacklea1568

to tie up1570

manacle1577

straitena1586

hopple1586

immew16..

scant1600

cabina1616

criba1616

trammela1616

copse1617

cramp1625

cloister1627

incarcerate1640

hidebind1642

to box up1659

strait-lace1662

perstringe1679

hough-band1688

cabin1780

pin1795

strait jacket1814

peg1832

befetter1837

to tie the hands of1866

hog-tie1924

corset1935

1935 D. Thomas in Life & Letters Today Dec. XIII. ii. 74 Corset the bone-yards of a crooked lad?

1961 Time 31 Mar. 43/1 Every girl is tight-corseted with the propaganda that she must have a slim, svelte figure.

1961 Time 27 July 28/3 Corseting the careless middle-class spread of the community-controlled school.

1970 B. M. H. Strang Hist. Eng. p. xv The ceaselessly..flowing, ungraspable mass that historians corset into manageable chunks on to which quasi-scientific labels can be stuck.

单词	corset
释义	corsetn. Brit. /ˈkɔːsɪt/, U.S. /ˈkɔrsət/ Forms: Middle English–1800s corsette, Middle English corsete, coursette, 1800s corsett, Middle English– corset. Etymology: < French corset (13th cent. in Littré), diminutive of Old French cors body. 1. A close-fitting body-garment; esp. a laced bodice worn as an outside garment by women in the middle ages and still in many countries; also a similar garment formerly worn by men. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > bodice > other corset1299 overbody1535 jupon1542 jup1603 Pierrot?1789 chemisette1796 spencer1799 jupe1810 jelick1816 railly1819 rail1820 Zouave1859 Basque1860 casaque1872 casaquin1879 overbodice1897 choli1907 halter1935 tube top1974 boob tube1977 bustier1978 1299 Wardrobe Acct. 28 Edw. I 28/15 2 corsett' de miniver. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 361 He dede on a corsette of Janyr. 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) xx. 39 This gyse..of these grete pourfyls and of the Coursettys torned by the sydes. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) lxxv. sig. Tii Her senesshal..mounted on a gret courser, and in a rich corset of grene gyrt w^t a white silken lace. 1805 H. Lee Canterbury Tales V. 228 She wore a corset, the short waist and petticoats of her country. 1811 W. Scott Don Roderick xxxiii. 35 He conscious of his broidered cap and band, She of her netted locks and light corsette. 2. A closely-fitting inner bodice stiffened with whalebone or the like, and fastened by lacing; worn chiefly by women to give shape and support to the figure; stays. Esp. in plural. Also figurative (usually in singular). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > corset busk1581 a pair of stays1608 bodicea1625 stay1731 corset1795 belt1818 foundation garment1927 foundation1939 1795 Times 24 June Corsettes about six inches long, and a slight buffon tucker of two inches high, are now the only defensive paraphernalia of our fashionable Belles. 1796 W. Booth Specif. Patent 2112 An improvement in the making of stays and corsettes. 1829 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor VII. xxxi. 107 Her morning-dress, which..she always wore without her corset. 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. iv. 97 To see If tightly laced her corsets be. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 502 Vicelike corsets of soft dove coutille. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 510 Corsets for men. 1930 W. S. Maugham Cakes & Ale xvi. 190 When I put my hands on her sides I could feel the ribbing of the skin from the pressure of the corsets. 1930 W. S. Maugham Cakes & Ale xvi. 191 She did not put on her corsets again, but rolled them up and I wrapped them in a piece of newspaper. 1951 in M. McLuhan Mech. Bride 93/2 Bergson has put a corset around the Absolute. 1968 Listener 25 July 102/1 Under the title of democratic centralism it imprisons the state in a bureaucratic corset designed to restrict development to predetermined fields. 1970 Sunday Times 11 Oct. (Colour Suppl.) 23/2 They buy a tin corset for their shapeless souls: they buy ‘the car with authority’. †3. = corslet n. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > body armour > [noun] > coat of mail or corselet ring netOE burnec1050 briniec1175 hauberk1297 coatc1300 bryn1330 habergeon1377 jackc1380 doublet of defence (or fence)1418 petticoatc1425 gesteron1469 byrnie1488 coat of fence1490 corset1490 corse1507 sark of mail1515 plate-coat1521 shirt of mail1522 mail-coat1535 corslet1563 costlet1578 pewter coat1584 cataphract1591 pyne doublet1600 sponge1600 coat-armour1603 brace1609 coat of arms1613 frock of mail1671 mail-shirt1816 mail-sark1838 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) iii. 79 Ye sholde haue seen..corsettes & flancardes all to-brosten. 4. attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [adjective] > corset corset1837 deboned1922 roll-on1933 1837 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades (1842) 165 (heading) Corset~maker. 1837 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades (1842) 166 Females are more employed in stay and corset making than males. 1843 Ainsworth's Mag. 3 51 I cannot see that this corset-fitter..was a lady. 1845 M. M. Noah Gleanings 116 [The young lady] drew out a piece of long black iron or steel... It is my corset bone, whispered she. 1877 J. A. Ruth Decorum 285 These latter..consist of a waist cut like a plain corset~cover. 1882 Dict. Needlework (at cited word) Corset Cord..is made both of linen and of cotton. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 473 A tag of her corset lace hangs slightly below her jacket. 1962 K. A. Porter Ship of Fools i. 51 She wears a white linen corset cover with tatting around the edges. Draft additions 1993 b. A close-fitting support worn because of injury, weakness, or deformity, esp. of the thorax or spine. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical supports > [noun] > appliances to support spine circumcinction1599 monitor1785 corset1833 plaster jacket1879 jury-mast1883 1833 Dunglison Dict. Med. Sci. 243/2 Corset,... Different bandages, more or less complicated, which embrace the greater part of the trunk, are like wise so called. 1884 Catal. Orthopaedical Apparatuses (John Reynolds & Co.) 306 (heading) Sayre's Spinal Spring Corset. 1884 Catal. Orthopaedical Apparatuses (John Reynolds & Co.) 306 The corset is constantly making efforts to extend itself. 1907 A. Thorndike Orthopedic Surg. xx. 341 Corsets made of cloth re-inforced with steels..have been used extensively. 1939 H. H. Jordan Orthopedic Appliances v. 253 The illustrations..show a leather-strip anklet..combined with a metatarsal corset. 1951 F. J. Knocke & L. S. Knocke Orthopaedic Nursing vii. 155 A corset is a semirigid support, made of stout cloth reinforced with longitudinal supports. 1985 J. N. Walton Brain's Dis. Nervous Syst. (ed. 9) xviii. 518 A light lumbar support or corset which is worn for three months or longer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas ˈcorset ˈcorset v. [as a back-formation] esp. in figurative use, to place restraints or controls on (something); to force into. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > restrict in free action [verb (transitive)] bindc1200 hamper?a1366 chain1377 coarctc1400 prison?a1425 tether?a1505 fetter1526 imprisona1533 strait1533 swaddle1539 measure1560 shacklea1568 to tie up1570 manacle1577 straitena1586 hopple1586 immew16.. scant1600 cabina1616 criba1616 trammela1616 copse1617 cramp1625 cloister1627 incarcerate1640 hidebind1642 strait-lace1662 perstringe1679 hough-band1688 cabin1780 pin1795 strait jacket1814 peg1832 befetter1837 to tie the hands of1866 corset1935 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > restrict or limit [verb (transitive)] > in free action bind971 hamper?a1366 chain1377 coarctc1400 prison?a1425 tether?a1505 fetter1526 imprisona1533 strait1533 swaddle1539 measure1560 shacklea1568 to tie up1570 manacle1577 straitena1586 hopple1586 immew16.. scant1600 cabina1616 criba1616 trammela1616 copse1617 cramp1625 cloister1627 incarcerate1640 hidebind1642 to box up1659 strait-lace1662 perstringe1679 hough-band1688 cabin1780 pin1795 strait jacket1814 peg1832 befetter1837 to tie the hands of1866 hog-tie1924 corset1935 1935 D. Thomas in Life & Letters Today Dec. XIII. ii. 74 Corset the bone-yards of a crooked lad? 1961 Time 31 Mar. 43/1 Every girl is tight-corseted with the propaganda that she must have a slim, svelte figure. 1961 Time 27 July 28/3 Corseting the careless middle-class spread of the community-controlled school. 1970 B. M. H. Strang Hist. Eng. p. xv The ceaselessly..flowing, ungraspable mass that historians corset into manageable chunks on to which quasi-scientific labels can be stuck. extracted from corsetingn. < n.1299 as lemmas
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corsetn.

Draft additions 1993

> as lemmas