corsetery

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
   • The innovation of the moment in corsetery is BIENJOLIE GRECIAN-TRECO REDELACD Corsets
     The all year round corset for the girls and women who lead active lives, and insist on ease, comfort and cleanliness as well as ...1920, The Silent Partner, volume 16, page 742
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
   • Q. What kind of merchandise do you sell? A. Ladies specialties such as hosiery, underwear, corsetery, gloves.1943, New York (State). Court of Appeals, New York Court of Appeals. Records and Briefs., page 172