| 单词 | dress improver |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdress improver dress improver n. now historical a stuffed pad or wire frame worn below the waist under a woman's skirt to distend it; a bustle (bustle n.2). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > contrivance for expanding skirts > bustle, pads, or cushion bum roll1602 roll1602 Scotch bum1607 Scotch fall1607 rump roll1707 rump1710 bustle1786 bustler1787 cushion1806 dress improver1842 improver1844 bishopa1860 tournure1872 1842 Bristol Mercury 19 Feb. 4/2 (advt.) Elastic Silver and Steel Busks, Dress Improvers, Prepared Whalebone. 1907 Weekly Mail (Wales) May 11/3 The dress-improvers seen in the shops of ladies' outfitters, though not of exaggerated size, are fairly substantial. 2003 J. Flanders Victorian House (2004) viii. 270 A horsehair petticoat..gradually evolved into a ‘dress improver’, which by the 1880s was a separate piece, a bustle, attached to the bodice or the petticoat. < as lemmas |
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