corset
noun
[ ˈkɔːsɪt ]
• a woman's tightly fitting undergarment extending from below the chest to the hips, worn to shape the figure.
Similar:
girdle,
panty girdle,
foundation garment,
foundation,
support garment,
corselette,
roll-on,
waspie,
truss,
stays,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, diminutive of cors ‘body’, from Latin corpus . The sense ‘close-fitting undergarment’ dates from the late 18th century, by which time the sense ‘bodice’ had mainly historical reference.
