waist measure

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"Nor to lie about your age, or your foot or your waist measure."

From The Widow To Say Nothing of the Man by Rowland, Helen

Measurements Every Girl Scout should know her measurements, including her height, her weight, her waist measure, her chest girth and her chest expansion.

From Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts by Bacon, Josephine Dodge Daskam

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

Ladies' Skirts—20 to 42 inches waist measure, 40 to 44 inches long, 4½ yards, 54 inches wide.

From The Copeland Method A Complete Manual for Cleaning, Repairing, Altering and Pressing All Kinds of Garments for Men and Women, at Home or for Busines by Copeland, Vanness