[ˈkɔːsɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a woman's tightly fitting undergarment extending from below the chest to the hips, worn to shape the figure


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, diminutive of cors ‘body’, from Latin corpus. The sense ‘close-fitting undergarment’ dates from the late 18th century, by which time the sense ‘bodice’ had mainly historical reference