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corset
- /ˈkɔː(ɹ).sɪt/
- /kɔː(ɹ)ˈsɛt/
Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)sɪt
Where it comes from
From Middle English corset, from Old French corset. Equivalent to corse + -et.
noun corsets
- A woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust. Today was Sunday, and Aunt Alexandra was positively irritable on the Lord’s Day. I guess it was her Sunday corset.
- A tight-fitting gown or basque worn by both men and women during the Middle Ages.
- A regulation that limited the growth of British banks' interest-bearing deposits.
Similar: stays, bodice and underbodice
verb corsets · corseting · corsetting · corseted · corsetted
- To enclose in a corset; to wear a corset. Mabel dreaded the upcoming ball and the preliminary corseting it would entail.
- To restrict or confine. I will not remain corseted by your notions of what is and is not proper!
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: panty girdle, stays, girdle, garter, brace, straitjacket, yoke, stranglehold, constrict, whale, cross, straightjacket, strait-jacket, whales, corsetry, corsetery
noun
Similar: stays, bodice and underbodice
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Talk about this word "corset." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/corset. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. corset. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/corset "corset." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/corset.Cite this
@misc{corset_2026,
title = {corset},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/corset},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
