Boning vs. Corset

The dense, semirigid, porous, calcified connective tissue forming the major portion of the skeleton of most vertebrates. It consists of a dense organic matrix and an inorganic, mineral component.

A corset is a support garment commonly worn to hold and train the torso into a desired shape, traditionally a smaller waist or larger bottom, for aesthetic or medical purposes (either for the duration of wearing it or with a more lasting effect), or support the breasts. Both men and women are known to wear corsets, though this item was for many years an integral part of women's wardrobes.

Any of numerous anatomically distinct structures making up the skeleton of a vertebrate animal. There are more than 200 different bones in the human body.

a woman's tightly fitting undergarment extending from below the chest to the hips, worn to shape the figure.

A piece of bone.

A close-fitting undergarment, often reinforced by stays, worn to support and shape the waistline, hips, and breasts.

The skeleton.

A medieval outer garment, especially a laced jacket or bodice.

The body

To enclose in or as if in a corset.

Mortal remains

A woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust.

An animal structure or material, such as ivory, resembling bone.

(historical) A tight-fitting gown or basque worn by both men and women during the Middle Ages.

A piece of whalebone or similar material used as a corset stay.

A regulation that limited the growth of British banks' interest-bearing deposits.

bones(Informal) Dice.

(transitive) To enclose in a corset; to wear a corset.

bones The fundamental plan or design, as of the plot of a book.

(figuratively) To restrict or confine.

bones Flat clappers made of bone or wood originally used by the end man in a minstrel show.

In the Middle Ages, a gown or basque of which the body was close fitting, worn by both men and women.

Bones (used with a sing. verb) The end man in a minstrel show.

An article of dress inclosing the chest and waist worn (chiefly by women) to support the body or to modify its shape; stays.

Vulgar Slang The penis.

To inclose in corsets.

To remove the bones from

a woman's close-fitting foundation garment

To stiffen (a piece of clothing) with stays, as of whalebone.

dress with a corset

Vulgar Slang To have sexual intercourse with. Used especially of a man.

Vulgar Slang To have sexual intercourse.

present participle of bone

The removal of bones from a carcass; filleting.

The arrangement of bones in a corset.

An act of sexual intercourse.

Bone structure.

The fertilization of a field with bone meal.

The process or result of leveling using a boning rod.

Placement of a curse by pointing with a bone, practiced by Australian aborigines; an act of pointing the bone.

The clearing of bones from fish or meat.

The manuring of land with bones.