1. present participle of corset; to dress in or wear a corset
2. to restrict, confine, or constrain tightly, as if by a corset
Usage: figurative

1. the action or practice of wearing or putting on a corset

Examples

• Victorian women spent hours corseting themselves into the fashionable silhouette of the era.
• The tight dress felt like corseting her entire body.
• Corseting was a common practice among upper-class women in the 19th century.
• Modern fashion designers have moved away from corseting the body so severely.
• She complained that the rigid corset was corseting her movements and making it hard to breathe.
• The regulations were corseting the company's ability to innovate.