stomacher noun¹. ['stʌmǝkǝ] LME.
[Prob. aphet. from Old French (perh. Anglo-Norman) estomachier, from estomac STOMACH noun: see -ER².]
1. Orig., an ornamental V- or U-shaped piece of stiff material worn (chiefly in the 15th and 16th cents.) under a man's doublet to cover the chest and stomach. Later, a kind of warm waistcoat. obsolete exc. Hist. LME.
b. A warm poultice, piece of chain-mail, etc., for the chest. rare. LME-L17.

2. An ornamental triangular panel filling the open front of a woman's dress, covering the breast and pit of the stomach and often jewelled or embroidered. Also (more fully stomacher brooch), an ornament worn on the front of a bodice. M16.

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stomacher noun². ['stʌmǝkǝ] E19.
[from STOMACH noun + -ER¹.]
A blow to the stomach.

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