What is an article of dress inclosing the chest and waist worn (chiefly by women) to support the body or to modify its shape; stays called?
corset — An article of dress inclosing the chest and waist worn (chiefly by women) to support the body or to modify its shape; stays. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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