Corse vs Corset - What's the difference?
corse | corset |
(obsolete) A (living) body.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.i:
(archaic) A dead body, a corpse.
* 1796 , Matthew Lewis, The Monk , Folio Society 1985, p. 214:
A woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust.
(historical) In the Middle Ages, a tight-fitting gown or basque worn by both men and women.
To enclose in a corset; to wear a corset.
(figuratively) To restrict or confine.
Corset is a descendant of corse.
As nouns the difference between corse and corset
is that corse is a (living) body while corset is a woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust.As a proper noun Corse
is {{surname|A=An|uncommon}} originating in Europe, specifically the United Kingdom and Scandinavia.As a verb corset is
to enclose in a corset; to wear a corset.corse
English
(wikipedia corse)Noun
(en noun)- that lewd ribauld with vile lust aduaunst / Layd first his filthy hands on virgin cleene, / To spoile her daintie corse so faire and sheene [...].
- Ambrosio beheld before him that once noble and majestic form, now become a corse , cold, senseless, and disgusting.
Anagrams
* ----corset
English
(wikipedia corset)Noun
(en noun)Verb
- Mabel dreaded the upcoming ball and the preliminary corseting it would entail.
- "I will not remain corseted by your notions of what is and is not proper!" she exclaimed.
