† ˈcosins Obs.
[So called from the name of the maker.]
A kind of stays or ‘bodice’.
| 1727 Pope Art of Sinking 94 Lac'd in her Cosins new appear'd the bride. 1729 Art of Politicks 10 Think we that modern words eternal are? Toupet, and Tompion, Cosins, and Colmar Hereafter will be called by some plain man A Wig, a Watch, a Pair of Stays, a Fan. |