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Definition of Bustier
1. Noun. A close-fitting and strapless top without sleeves that is worn by women either as lingerie or for evening dress.
Definition of Bustier
1. Noun. (defn English) ¹
2. Adjective. (defn English) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bustier
1. a woman's undergarment [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bustier
Literary usage of Bustier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1814)
"The expressed by them of adhering to the Telegraph did not lose a man. The Ph.
cause of their Great Father in England,, bustier was ..."
2. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology by Ill.) University of Illinois (Urbana (1921)
"It forms an interesting supplement to the works on Hebbel by bustier and Tibal.
In order to give the reader a true idea of the comprehensive nature of this ..."
3. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present by Joseph Sabin, Wilberforce Eames, Bibliographical Society of America, Robert William Glenroie Vail (1867)
"Geschichte der Fli- bustier. Tubingen, Cotta, 1803. 8vo. (ncr Band of his Kleine
historische Schriften. ..."
4. The Historical Writings of John Fiske by John Fiske (1902)
"The English word " freebooter " became in French mouths " fli- bustier," in
spelling which a silent s was inserted after the « by a false analogy, ..."
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