corseteries

Noun

corsetery (usually uncountable, plural corseteries)

1. (usually) The practice of using (wearing) or making corsets.
   • The Company also agrees to give the corsetiere the benefit of it's own sales plans and training of salesmanship and corsetery. At the same time, the corsetiere agrees to purchase a demonstration line, which she uses in her own work ...1851, State of New York Supreme Court Appellate Division---Third Department, page 49
2. (usually) Corsets and their accoutrements; items made by a maker of corsets, taken collectively.
   • I have been made painfuly aware of the angles of a slender figure left without the help of that wisp of corsetry that would make all the difference in the world. I have walked behind a lady with fleshy shoulders, even as you have done , and ...1921, The Corset and Underwear Review, page 96