corsetryとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

corsetry (usually uncountable, 複数形 corsetries)

1. Alternative form of corsetery.
   • 2001, Valerie Steele, The Corset: A Cultural History, Yale University Press (→ISBN), page 67:

     Dressed to Kill: The Medical Consequences of Corsetry.

   • 2007, Daniel Delis Hill, As Seen in Vogue: A Century of American Fashion in Advertising, Texas Tech University Press (→ISBN), page 144:

     Women of wealthy mercantile families asserted their status by imitating the styles from royal courts and helped spread the fashion of corsetry throughout cities and towns all across Europe. In subsequent centuries, the corset was modified ...

   • 2018, Cora Harrington, In Intimate Detail: How to Choose, Wear, and Love Lingerie, Ten Speed Press, →ISBN:

     The modern bra, as a concept, has its origins in corsetry (so does shapewear, which you'll learn more about in chapter 3).

2. The collective noticeable portion of a corset.
   • 2003, Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife, →ISBN, page 174:

     Henry puts his hands on my waist and expresses surprise at all the boning and corsetry under the silk.

アナグラム

• stercory