noun
- decorative coverings for the chest and stomach area, typically worn by women in the 16th-18th centuries as part of formal dress
Usage: historical; fashion
Examples
- The museum displayed elaborate stomachers decorated with jewels and embroidery.
- Renaissance portraits often show women wearing ornate stomachers over their gowns.
- The costume designer researched historical stomachers for the period drama.
- Wealthy ladies commissioned stomachers made of silk and adorned with pearls.
- The fashion exhibit featured stomachers from different European courts.
- Antique stomachers are now valuable collectors’ items.