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Bodice

A kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone, etc., worn esp. by women; a corset; stays.

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Top 76% connected

A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem,…

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Dress 70% connected

To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

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Frock 70% connected

A loose outer garment; especially, a gown forming a part of European modern costume for women and children; also, a coarse shirtlike garment worn by…

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Plastron 70% connected

A piece of leather stuffed or padded, worn by fencers to protect the breast.

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Apron noun · 78% connection

An article of dress, of cloth, leather, or other stuff, worn on the fore part of the body, to keep the clothes clean, to defend them f…

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Backsaw noun · 78% connection

A saw (as a tenon saw) whose blade is stiffened by an added metallic back.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: waist, stiffened, whalebone, worn, women.
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Bone noun · 78% connection

Whalebone; hence, a piece of whalebone or of steel for a corset.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: waist, stiffened, whalebone, worn, women.
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Brooch noun · 78% connection

An ornament, in various forms, with a tongue, pin, or loop for attaching it to a garment; now worn at the breast by women; a breastpin…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: waist, stiffened, whalebone, worn, women.
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Buckram noun · 78% connection

A coarse cloth of linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: waist, stiffened, whalebone, worn, women.
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Busk noun · 78% connection

A thin, elastic strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: waist, stiffened, whalebone, worn, women.
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Bustle noun · 78% connection

A kind of pad or cushion worn on the back below the waist, by women, to give fullness to the skirts; -- called also bishop, and tournu…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: waist, stiffened, whalebone, worn, women.
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Chatelaine noun · 78% connection

An ornamental hook, or brooch worn by a lady at her waist, and having a short chain or chains attached for a watch, keys, trinkets, et…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: waist, stiffened, whalebone, worn, women.
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Chausses n. pl. · 78% connection

The garment for the legs and feet and for the body below the waist, worn in Europe throughout the Middle Ages; applied also to the arm…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: waist, stiffened, whalebone, worn, women.
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Corsage noun · 78% connection

a flower or small arrangement of flowers worn by a person as a personal ornament. Typically worn by women on special occasions (as, at…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: waist, stiffened, whalebone, worn, women.
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Corset noun · 78% connection

An article of dress inclosing the chest and waist worn (chiefly by women) to support the body or to modify its shape; stays.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: waist, stiffened, whalebone, worn, women.
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Corseted imp. & p. p. · 78% connection

of Corset

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: waist, stiffened, whalebone, worn, women.
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Corseting p. pr. & vb. n. · 78% connection

of Corset

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Diaper noun · 78% connection

garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: waist, stiffened, whalebone, worn, women.
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Doublet adjective · 78% connection

A close-fitting garment for men, covering the body from the neck to the waist or a little below. It was worn in Western Europe from th…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: waist, stiffened, whalebone, worn, women.
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Garibaldi noun · 78% connection

A jacket worn by women; -- so called from its resemblance in shape to the red shirt worn by the Italians patriot Garibaldi.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: waist, stiffened, whalebone, worn, women.
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Hose noun · 78% connection

man's close-fitting garment of the 16th and 17th centuries covering the legs and reaching up to the waist; worn with a doublet

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: waist, stiffened, whalebone, worn, women.
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Jippo noun · 78% connection

A waistcoat or kind of stays for women.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: waist, stiffened, whalebone, worn, women.
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