Stomacher

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stomacher \Stom"ach*er\, n.
     1. One who stomachs.
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     2. (? or ?) An ornamental covering for the breast, worn
        originally both by men and women. Those worn by women were


        often richly decorated.
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              A stately lady in a diamond stomacher. --Johnson.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stomacher
       n : garment consisting of a V-shaped panel of stiff material
           worn over the chest and stomach in the 16th century

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Stomacher
     (Isa. 3:24), an article of female attire, probably some sort of
     girdle around the breast.