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post-obit (iou) and corset (sh)


post-obit (iou)



post-obit noun & adjective. M18.
[Latin post obitum after decease.]
A. noun. A bond given by a borrower, securing to the lender a sum of money to be paid on the death of a specified person from whom the borrower expects to inherit. M18.
b. adjective.
Taking effect after someone's death. L18.
post-obit bond = sense A. above.
Taking place, existing, etc., after death; post-mortem. rare. E19.

corset (sh)




Article of clothing worn to shape or constrict the torso.

It dates to at least งใ 2000 BC, when it was worn as an outer garment by men as well as women in Minoan Crete. In the 16th-17th century it was worn to flatten the chest and was reinforced with wood. Some outer corsets were jeweled and elaborately embroidered. After 1660 they were shaped to accentuate the breasts. In the 19th century the corset, now reinforced with whalebone or metal, changed with the style of dresses; over-tight lacing of corsets was blamed for numerous Health problems. The corset was abandoned in the 1920s, when looser-fitting, straight clothes came into Fashion, and in the 1930s it was replaced by the brassiere and girdle, made of elastic materials, and by the one-piece corselette.