different between corset vs whalebone

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French corset.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??(?).s?t/
• Rhymes: -??(?)s?t

Noun

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. (Britain, finance, historical) A regulation that limited the growth of British banks' interest-bearing deposits.

Synonyms

• stays, see also bodice and underbodice

Translations

Derived terms

• corset effect
• corsetry

Verb

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!" she exclaimed.

Anagrams

• Coster, Ectors, Tresco, coster, escort, recost, rectos, scoter, scrote, sector

French

Etymology

From Old French cors (“body”) + -et.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.s?/

Noun

corset m (plural corsets)

1. corset

Descendants

Further reading

• “corset” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Etymology

From Old French corset, from cors (“body”) + -et.

Noun

corset m (plural corsets)

1. (Jersey) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Derived terms

• corset d'oeuvre (“jersey”)
• t-corset (“t-shirt”)

Romanian

Etymology

From French corset.

Noun

corset n (plural corsete)

1. corset

Declension

English

Etymology

whale +? bone

Noun

whalebone (countable and uncountable, plural whalebones)

1. The horny material from the fringed plates of the upper jaw of baleen whales that are used to filter plankton; once used as stays in corsets

Synonyms

• baleen

Translations