waist measure
Example Sentences
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Learn to keep the back of your neck touching your collar, hold your chest high, and keep down your waist measure.
From The Art of Public Speaking by Carnagey, Dale
The second run was made in the same length of time, but with corsets on, which reduced the waist measure to 24 inches.
From Almost a Woman by Wood-Allen, Mary
If the woman whose waist measure is 27 inches wears a corset of the same size, so that her waist is not compressed at all, there is added a force of 40 pounds.
From Almost a Woman by Wood-Allen, Mary
Always cut parallel with the selvage and the length of the underlap longer than the waist measure, allowing for turning at the ends.
From Textiles and Clothing by Watson, Kate Heintz
The Kaiser, with his artistic hyperbole, had proclaimed that the true German beauty should have a waist measure of at least a yard and a half.
From The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Jordan, Charlotte Brewster
