corsage
nounUK /kɔːˈsɑːʒ/ · US /kɔɹˈsɑʒ/
Etymology Borrowed from French corsage.
1
Obsolete The size or shape of a person's body.
2
Historical The waist or bodice of a woman's dress.
- She now selected a slinky garment, composed of what male writers call “some soft, clinging material,” with a corsage which outlined her figure and a skirt which waved tempestuously around her ankles.1932, Dorothy L. Sayers, chapter XVIII, in Have His Carcase:
3
A small bouquet of flowers, originally worn attached to the bodice of a woman's dress.
- Brody (Damian Lewis): Will you go to the prom with me? / Carrie: Do I get a corsage?2011, “The Weekend” (32:42 from the start), in Homeland, season 1, episode 7, spoken by Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes):
- Here, I got a corsage for you to give to Jenna. I don't know if kids still do corsages. I always got ones for Darius' girlfriends. This one is made with lilies.2025, S.E. Case, chapter 1, in Rigsby WI, volume 1: Foothold, →ISBN, retrieved 28 Aug 2025, page 82: