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corset(t)ing, vbl. n.|ˈkɔːsɪtɪŋ|
[f. corset + -ing1.]
The fitting with, or wearing of, a corset.
1845M. M. Noah Gleanings 15 Then commences the herculean task of corsetting, racking, bracing and bending. 1898Westm. Gaz. 3 Mar. 3/1 That careful corseting..the French woman understands so much better than we. 1903Ibid. 29 Oct. 8/2 Intelligent physical exercises and better corseting can do wonders. 1904Sladen Playing the Game i. v, A plumpness..kept within the bounds of beauty by admirable corsetting.
Hence (as a back-formation) ˈcorset v., esp. in fig. use, to place restraints or controls on (something); to force into.
1935Dylan Thomas in Life & Letters Today Dec. XIII. ii. 74 Corset the bone-yards of a crooked lad? 1961Time 31 Mar. 43/1 Every girl is tight-corseted with the propaganda that she must have a slim, svelte figure. Ibid. 27 July 28/3 Corseting the careless middle-class spread of the community-controlled school. 1970B. M. H. Strang Hist. Eng. p. xv, The ceaselessly..flowing, ungraspable mass that historians corset into manageable chunks on to which quasi-scientific labels can be stuck. |