Usually means: Tightening garment shaping the torso.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word corseting:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. corseting: Merriam-Webster
  2. corseting: Collins English Dictionary
  3. corseting: Vocabulary.com
  4. corseting: Wiktionary
  5. Corseting, corseting: Dictionary.com
  6. Corseting: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. Corseting: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. corseting: FreeDictionary.org
  9. corseting: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. corseting: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. corseting: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. corseting: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See corset as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (corset)

noun:  A woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust.
noun:  (historical) A tight-fitting gown or basque worn by both men and women during the Middle Ages.
noun:  (UK, finance, historical) A regulation that limited the growth of British banks' interest-bearing deposits.
verb:  (transitive) To enclose in a corset; to wear a corset.
verb:  (figuratively) To restrict or confine.
▸ Also see corset


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