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stomacher

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stom·ach·er  (stm-kr)
n.
A heavily embroidered or jeweled garment formerly worn over the chest and stomach, especially by women.
stomacher [ˈstʌməkə]
n
(Clothing & Fashion) a decorative V-shaped panel of stiff material worn over the chest and stomach by men and women in the 16th century, later only by women
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Noun1.stomacherstomacher - garment consisting of a V-shaped panel of stiff material worn over the chest and stomach in the 16th century
garment - an article of clothing; "garments of the finest silk"


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She is a fine old lady, handsome, stately, wonderfully neat, and has such a back and such a stomacher that if her stays should turn out when she dies to have been a broad old-fashioned family fire-grate, nobody who knows her would have cause to be surprised.
Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context
Every letter from her is read forty times over; her compliments to all friends go round and round again; and if she does but send her aunt the pattern of a stomacher, or knit a pair of garters for her grandmother, one hears of nothing else for a month.
Emma by Austen, Jane View in context
My wife desired to be represented as Venus, and the painter was instructed not to be too frugal of his diamonds in her stomacher and hair.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
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