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語源

From 中期英語 corset, from Old French corset. Equivalent to corse +‎ -et.

発音

• IPA: /ˈkɔː(ɹ).sɪt/
• 韻: -ɔː(ɹ)sɪt

名詞

corset (plural corsets)

1. A woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust.
2. (historical) A tight-fitting gown or basque worn by both men and women during the Middle Ages.
3. (UK, finance, historical) A regulation that limited the growth of British banks' interest-bearing deposits.

同意語

• stays, see also bodice and underbodice

派生語

動詞

corset (third-person singular simple present corsets, present participle corseting or corsetting, simple past and past participle corseted or corsetted)

1. (transitive) To enclose in a corset; to wear a corset.

   Mabel dreaded the upcoming ball and the preliminary corseting it would entail.

2. (figuratively) To restrict or confine.

   I will not remain corseted by your notions of what is and is not proper!

   • 2004 July 1, Leslie Feinberg, “Sexual freedom vs. fascism in Germany”, in Workers World‎:

     They were trying to free the lives of women of all sexualities and genders that were tightly corseted by lack of basic social and economic rights.

アナグラム

• torces, c-store, sector, rectos, scoter, Tresco, recost, Cortes, Coster, Ectors, Certos, scrote, escort, coster