English Dictionary

stomacher

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈstʌməkə/

名詞

廃用 歴史的

(obsolete) A type of men's waistcoat.

日本語の意味

（時代遅れ）男性用ウエストコートの一種

He carefully adjusted the aging stomacher before stepping onto the stage, trying to evoke the dignity of a bygone era.

彼は舞台に上がる前に、古びた紳士用ウエストコートを慎重に整え、往年の威厳を呼び起こそうとした。

意味（1）

(obsolete) A type of men's waistcoat.

意味（2）

(now chiefly historical) An ornamental cloth, often embellished with embroidery or jewelry, worn over the chest by women beneath their bodices or by men and women as the central part of an open shirt, blouse, or jacket.

And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher [translating פְּתִיגִיל] a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.

意味（3）

A similar item of mail worn over and protecting the stomach.

Over it he placed a chain mail stomacher. Then, atop all, he strapped on an item of shaped metal he called a tace. “There,”he said at last. “She might knock the windout of you, but she won't kill you.”

意味（4）

A blow to the stomach.

Thomas resenting such ungenerous behaviour, bestowed such a stomacher upon the officious intermeddler, as discomposed the whole œconomy of his entrails, and obliged him to discharge the interjection ah! with demonstration of great anguish and amazement.

stomachers （ plural ）