English to afrikaans meaning of

stomacher

Die woordeboekdefinisie van die woord "maag" is 'n dekoratiewe paneel of kledingstuk wat die voorkant van 'n vrou se lyfie of maagarea bedek. Op historiese wyse is 'n stomacher dikwels as deel van 'n toga of lyfie gedra en kon dit ryklik met borduurwerk, kralewerk of juwele versier word. In 'n meer algemene sin kan die term ook verwys na 'n kledingstuk of bykomstigheid wat die maagarea bedek, soos 'n voorskoot of onderbaadjie.

Sentence Examples

  1. Every letter from her is read forty times over her compliments to all friends go round and round again and if she does but send her aunt the pattern of a stomacher, or knit a pair of garters for her grandmother, one hears of nothing else for a month.
  2. She wore the ornaments of pure yellow gold, which her great-great-grandmother had brought over from Saardam the tempting stomacher of the olden time, and withal a provokingly short petticoat, to display the prettiest foot and ankle in the country round.
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