Stomacher : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Stomacher	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Stomacher
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stomacher n garment consisting of a V-shaped panel of stiff material worn over the chest and stomach in the 16th century
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stomacher \Stom"ach*er\, n. 1. One who stomachs. 2. ([?] [or] [?]) An ornamental covering for the breast, worn originally both by men and women. Those worn by women were often richly decorated. A stately lady in a diamond stomacher. --Johnson.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Stomacher (Isa. 3:24), an article of female attire, probably some sort of girdle around the breast.