bustier
A tight-fitting women's top, often strapless, which covers the bust and sometimes…A tight-fitting women's top, often strapless, which covers the bust and sometimes extends over the belly, worn either as an undergarment or as outerwear.
Meaning
1 sensesA tight-fitting women's top, often strapless, which covers the bust and sometimes extends over the belly, worn either as an undergarment or as outerwear.
Bustier
a close-fitting and strapless top without sleeves that is worn by women either as lingerie or for evening dress
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French bustier, from buste + -ier.Borrowed from French bustier, from buste + -ier.
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