corset
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old French corset.
[edit] Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɔː(r)sɪt
[edit] Noun
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corset (plural corsets)
[edit] Translations
woman's garment
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[edit] Verb
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to corset (third-person singular simple present corsets, present participle corseting, simple past and past participle corseted)
- (transitive) To enclose in a corset; to wear a corset.
- Mabel dreaded the upcoming ball and the preliminary corseting it would entail.
- (figuratively) To restrict or confine.
- "I will not remain corseted by your notions of what is and is not proper!" she exclaimed.
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[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
Old French cors + -et
[edit] Noun
corset m. (plural corsets)
