CORSET

PRONUNCIATION: (KOR-sit/suht)

MEANING: noun: A close-fitting undergarment, worn historically by women to shape the body and make the waistline smaller.
verb tr.: To confine, control, or regulate strictly.

ETYMOLOGY: From Old French corset, diminutive of cors (body), from Latin corpus (body). Earliest documented use: 1299.
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CARSET - identical vehicles, one for each day of the week

CORKSET - assorted bottle stoppers

CORBET - Tom, the Space Cadet if the 1950s