1. имя существительное 1) корсет; грация; пояс Синоним(ы): stays, corselet 2) ограничивающие рамки, границы; сдерживание Например: bureaucratic corset — бюрократические рамки, бюрократизм 2. глагол 1) ограничивать, накладывать строгие ограничения 2) насаждать
I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, diminutive of cors 1. a usually close-fitting and often laced medieval jacket 2. a woman's close-fitting boned supporting undergarment that is often hooked and laced and that extends from above or beneath the bust or from the waist to below the hips and has garters attached II. transitive verb 1. to dress in or fit with a corset 2. to restrict closely; control rigidly