Word.ws English Dictionary

corseting

corseting is the present participle and gerund of corset.

Meaning of corset

Verb

corset (third-person singular simple present corsets, present participle corseting or corsetting, simple past and past participle corseted or corsetted)

  1. (transitive) To enclose in a corset; to wear a corset.
    • Mabel dreaded the upcoming ball and the preliminary corseting it would entail.
  2. (figuratively) To restrict or confine.
    • I will not remain corseted by your notions of what is and is not proper!

See all 5 meanings of corset

Questions about corseting

What is corseting the present participle and gerund of?
Corseting is the present participle and gerund of corset.

Words near corseting in the dictionary

  1. corsetery
  2. corsetier
  3. corsetiere
  4. corsetieres
  5. corsetiers
  6. corseting
  7. corsetière
  8. corsetières
  9. corsetless
  10. corsetlessness
  11. corsetlike

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: corseting (page history and authors); corset (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “corseting.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/corseting. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.