posture-maker

archaic

(archaic) One who teaches or practices artificial postures of the body: an acrobat.

Japanese Meaning

（古語）人工的な体の姿勢を教えたり、実践したりする人、すなわち曲芸師や体操家を指す。 / （古風な用法で）身体の準備や見せるためのポーズ、すなわちアクロバット（曲芸師）の意味を含む。

The old posture-maker performed at the fair, bending and contorting his body to the astonishment of the crowd.

老いた曲芸師は見世物小屋で演じ、観衆を驚かせるほど体を折り曲げ、ねじった。

Sense（1）

(archaic) One who teaches or practices artificial postures of the body: an acrobat.

He will distort his mind to make it look violent, as posture-makers twist their bodies to display their muscles, or as maniacs do it so out of spasm.

posture-makers

（ plural ）