stomacher
(noun) garment consisting of a V-shaped panel of stiff material worn over the chest and stomach in the 16th century
Source: WordNet® 3.1
stomacher (plural stomachers)
(obsolete) A type of men's waistcoat. [15th-18th c.]
(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.
A blow to the stomach.
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Source: Wiktionary
Stom"ach*er, n.
1. One who stomachs.
2. (
Definition: An ornamental covering for the breast, worn originally both by men and women. Those worn by women were often richly decorated. A stately lady in a diamond stomacher. Johnson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 February 2025
(noun) (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
