| Because the lacings had been moved to either the back or front, a stomacher was worn to hide them. |
| In time the stomacher grew more rigid, being stiffened with pasteboard or buckram. |
| Before use, they must be washed in fresh rennilase solution using the stomacher. |
| Over the shirt the bosom is often covered with a stomacher of cloth or leather. |
| A frillier dress, of sea-green, with a ribboned stomacher, and a raised chin make her air more confident. |
| She was dressed in a style I had only seen in old portraits, a stiff black dress with flaring skirts and a lace-ornamented stomacher. |
