Category:Basque (lingerie)

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	woman's undergarment consisting of a combined bra and short girdle, providing no or minimal waist compression
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Subclass of	undergarment;
Said to be the same as	torsolette
Partially coincident with	basque; corsage;
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Women's underwear worn on the torso (edit)

Structural, for waist: Stays (with laces, lightly boned or corded) Corsets (with laces, bones, and busk) • Waist cinchers (very short corset) • Basque (non-shaping) •

Structural, for hips: Girdles (compressing and smoothing stomach, hips, and upper thighs)

Structural, for skirts: Bustles (lift at back, often pads) • Crinolines (reinforced petticoat or round hoop skirt) • Farthingales (hip padding or hoop skirt) • False rumps (cloth skirt supports stuffed with cork) •Panniers (lift at the sides) •
Petticoats (fabric underskirt adding volume)

Structural, other: Sleeve plumpers (to lift puff sleeves) • Bosom pads (to make bosom larger)

Form-fitting: Basque (non-shaping, bust to waist) • Corselettes (one-piece combination of bra and girdle) • Torsolettes (corselette without a full girdle) • Girdles (lightly shaping hip garment with garters) • Girdle corsets (shaping hip garment with bones, busk, and laces)

Loose: Chemise (long, sleeved) • Full slip (long, sleeveless) • Half slip (skirt half of a slip) • Babydoll (top half of a slip) • Teddy (as babydoll, but closed at crotch)

Other: Chemisettes (neckline filling mimicking a blouse) • Bodystockings (thin form-fitting hose covering most of the body)