Definition of Stomacher

1. Noun. Garment consisting of a V-shaped panel of stiff material worn over the chest and stomach in the 16th century.

Generic synonyms: Garment

Definition of Stomacher

1. n. One who stomachs.

Definition of Stomacher

1. Noun. (obsolete) A type of men's waistcoat. (defdate 15th-18th c.) ¹

2. Noun. (context: now chiefly historical) An ornamental cloth, often embellished with embroidery or jewelry, worn by women under the lacing of a bodice. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹

3. Noun. A brooch, often in three parts, worn over the stomach or chest in the seventeenth and eighteenth century. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stomacher

1. the center front section of a waist or underwaist [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stomacher

stomach cancer
stomach exercise
stomach flu
stomach flus
stomach lining
stomach linings
stomach pump
stomach sweetbread
stomach upset
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stomachache
stomachaches
stomachal
stomache
stomached
stomacher (current term)
stomachers
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stomachful
stomachfuls
stomachic
stomachick
stomachics
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stomachless
stomachlike
stomachous
stomachs
stomachy
stomack

Literary usage of Stomacher

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

1. A Cyclopaedia of Costume Or Dictionary of Dress, Including Notices of by James Robinson Planché (1876)
"stomacher. The stomacher is first mentioned towards the end of the fifteenth century, at which time it was worn by both sexes. ..."

2. Who's it in America: Being a Sort O'biography of Certain Prominent Persons by Charles Eustace Merriman (1906)
"... and invented an arrangement for the lighting of the Metropolitan by means of Mrs. Astor's stomacher. Imported " Parsifal," a celebrated German dachshund ..."

3. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1843)
"10 A roif and band of Scots cloth plain with a border, ... 09 A shift, ..... 16 A pair of leather bodice and stomacher 2 6 1 Pair of woollen stockings, . ..."

4. Costume in England: A History of Dress to the End of the Eighteenth Century by Frederick William Fairholt (1885)
"She is a nonconformist in a close stomacher and ruff of Geneva print, and her purity consists much in her linen." Such stomachers may be seen in vol. i., ..."

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