(n.) The waist or bodice of a lady's dress; as, a low corsage.
(n.) a flower or small arrangement of flowers worn by a person as a personal ornament. Typically worn by women on special occasions (as, at a ball or an anniversary celebration), a corsage may be worn pinned to the chest, or tied to the wrist. It is usually larger or more elaborate than a boutonniere.
Example Sentences:
(1) There's a bridal gown for three- to six-year-olds, for instance, complete with a fake corsage.
(2) Not a single flower, corsage style, but an oval row, like a bower.
(3) I wore a new skirt and sweater set with a wrist corsage Mark bought me.
(4) Her professional stock-in-trade as a stage and television actress was a voice that could have made a regimental sergeant major tremble and a figure, suggesting an ample corsage filled with concrete, that wordlessly and hilariously forbade the taking of liberties.
Nosegay
Definition:
(n.) A bunch of odorous and showy flowers; a bouquet; a posy.
Example Sentences:
(1) The surgical approach involved sectioning of Riolan's nosegay.