noun
a close-fitting, stiffened and usually laced undergarment, worn especially by women to shape and support the body
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The Victorian-era woman wore a tightly laced corset to achieve the fashionable hourglass figure.
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I can't breathe in this corset, it's so tight!
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She rocked a corset to cinch her waist for the party.
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The strict rules felt like a corset, constricting her freedom.