stomacher

  1. Noun.  A cloth garment, usually embellished with embroidery or jewelry, worn over the stomach from the 15th to the 18th centuries particularly by women.
  2. Noun.  A brooch, often in three parts, worn over the stomach or chest in the seventeenth and eighteenth century.

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