1) Former article of dress 2) Garment 3) Sixteenth century garment
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A stomacher is a decorated triangular panel that fills in the front opening of a woman`s gown or bodice. The stomacher may be boned, as part of a corset, or may cover the triangular front of a corset. If simply decorative, the stomacher lies over the triangular front panel of the stays, being either stitched or pinned into place, or held in place....
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armour for the chest; covering or ornament for the chest area
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• (n.) An ornamental covering for the breast, worn originally both by men and women. Those worn by women were often richly decorated. • (n.) One who stomachs.
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A decorative, often elaborately embroidered or jewelled, triangular panel of material inserted into a bodice on a woman's dress and worn over the chest and ending in a point over the stomach. Stomachers were a feature of women's dresses from the late 15th to late 18th centuries.
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ornamental garment worn at the front of the upper body by men and women from the end of the 15th until the late 18th century. At the end of the 15th ... [2 related articles]
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A device for homogenizing food samples in a plastic bag, kneaded by paddles outside the bag. `Colwell Stomacher`
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A very large bodice ornament, usually triangular, filling the area between the neckline and the waistline, also known as a corsage ornament.
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1A decorative, often elaborately embroidered or jewelled, triangular panel of material inserted into a bodice on a woman's dress and worn over the chest and ending in a point over the stomach. Stomachers were a feature of women's dresses from the late 15th to late 18th centuries. 2 Large, triangular brooch worn from the 18thC on the centre of a wom …...
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Stom'ach·er noun 1. One who stomachs.
2. (... or ...) An ornamental covering for the breast, worn originally both by men and women. Those worn by women were often richly decorated. « A stately lady in a diamond
stomacher .»
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A stomacher was a richly ornate garment worn by both sexes during the 15th and 16th centuries, covering the stomach and chest. Later the stomacher was worn under a bodice by women only. The purpose of a stomacher is to flatten the appearance of the stomach.
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A large, triangualr piece of jewellery, usually extending from the neck to the waist and worn as a bodice ornament
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n] - garment consisting of a V-shaped panel of stiff material worn over the chest and stomach in the 16th century
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noun garment consisting of a V-shaped panel of stiff material worn over the chest and stomach in the 16th century
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a richly ornamented garment covering the stomach and chest, worn by both sexes in the 15th and 16th centuries, and later worn under a bodice by women.
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