Meaning & use
stomacher
A decorative, often stiffened panel of fabric worn over the chest and stomach in historical women's dress.
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The portrait showed the duchess wearing an elaborate embroidered stomacher over her gown.
Museum curators carefully restored a jeweled stomacher from the eighteenth century.
A note on using this word
The stomacher was a common feature of European fashion from the 1500s through the 1700s and is now seen mainly in historical costume.
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