garment consisting of a V-shaped panel of stiff material worn over the chest and stomach in the 16th century
> A triangular ornament worn by women on a bodice and extending below the waist, typically gemset, popular during the 18th and 19th century
(Isa 3: 24), an article of female attire, probably some sort of girdle around the breast
(stum ack er) decorative front portion of bodice covering the breast and reaching to the waist or even the elbow This area was stiff, richly decorated and sometimes padded