Definition of Corsetieres

1. corsetiere [n] - See also: corsetiere

Lexicographical Neighbors of Corsetieres

corsacs
corsage
corsages
corsair
corsairs
corselet
corselets
corselette
corselettes
corsepresent
corsepresents
corses
corset
corseted
corsetiere
corsetieres (current term)
corseting
corsetless
corsetlessness
corsetlike
corsetmaker
corsetmakers
corsetmaking
corsetries
corsetry
corsets
corsive
corsives
corslet
corslets

Literary usage of Corsetieres

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

1. Annual Proceedings: Addresses, Reports, Bibliographies and Discussions (1916)
"The Company has a house organ published monthly, devoted exclusively to the interests of its corsetieres and their clients. It is first of all educational. ..."

2. Literature and Insurgency: Ten Studies in Racial Evolution: Mark Twain by John Curtis Underwood (1914)
"... the account of her own, her maid's and her corsetieres' maneuvers with an impossible cage of silk and steel that is a very straight-jacket of torment to ..."

3. The American Woman Abroad by Blanche McManus (1911)
"... masters of the art of costume, the most exclusive perfumers, soap-makers, artist-milliners and furriers, the most modish corsetieres and the most expert ..."

4. Gal's Gossip by Arthur Morris Binstead (1899)
"... but the romantic subaltern who loves to accompany a girl to her corsetieres, or her bootmakers, to tell her how her things should fit her. ..."

5. Breakfast in Bed: Or, Philosophy Between the Sheets. A Series of by George Augustus Sala (1863)
"... of corsets altogether; while, for those who still adhere to those adjuncts to feminine symmetry, cunning Parisian corsetieres have devised on anatomico- ..."

6. Masters in Art: A Series of Illustrated Monographs (1903)
"From experience they are practical corsetieres. They will fit you with corsets adapted to your figure both for comfort and shape. ..."

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