Definition of Bustline

1. Noun. A notional line around a woman's bust ¹

2. Noun. The circumference of this line ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bustline

1. the distance around the bust (the upper torso of a woman) [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bustline

bustiness
bustinesses
busting
bustings
bustitution
bustitutions
bustle
bustle about
bustle with
bustled
bustled with
bustler
bustlers
bustles
bustles with
bustline (current term)
bustlines
bustling
bustling with
bustlingly
busto
bustoes
busts
busty
busulfan
busulfans
busulphan
busway
busways
busy

Literary usage of Bustline

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Edinburgh Literary Journal; Or, Weekly Register of Criticism and Belles by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1829)
"Joannes Homer, iu classi prima," is mow a bustline and agitated youth, on the eve of hi« departure for India —for that fairyland of promotion and treasure, ..."

2. A Manual of Ancient History: Containing the Political History, Geographical by William Cooke Taylor, Caleb Sprague Henry, L. L. Smith (1846)
"... While bustline follies choke the breast 7 Apply the knife to parts within, And heed not how deformed the rest ¡ The heart of pride and passion weed, ..."

3. Shropshire Notes and Queries (1886)
"... who only seemed to have retired from « bustline world, tint imsy sea of sin, and her» lay in a kind of listening dose waiting for the summons " Prepare ..."

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