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Girdles and bras were symbolic of women’s constrained lives — so much so that they were dramatically tossed into the “freedom trash can” during a seminal women’s rights protest at the 1968 Miss America pageant.

From Washington Post • May 23, 2018

That no Marchant, Stranger, nor other person shall bring into the Realm to be sold, any Corses, Girdles, Ribbands, Laces, Coll.

From Needlework As Art by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess

However, it is not the 'Knifers' that I belong to, but the 'Red Girdles.'

From The Gadfly by Voynich, E. L. (Ethel Lillian)

I love to see your Abrahams, your Isaacs, and your Jacobs, as we have them in old Pieces of Tapestry, with Beards below their Girdles, that cover half the Hangings.

From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph

And "like a horse unbroken" yet The yellow stream with rush and foam, 'Neath tower, and bridge, and parapet, Girdles his ancient mistress, Rome!

From Rhymes a la Mode by Lang, Andrew