Full Definition of TYPESETTING. : the process of setting material in type or into a form to be used in printing; also: the process of producing graphic matter (as through a computer system).See typesetting defined for English-language learners. ADVERTISEMENT. the process of setting material in type or into a form to be used in printing; also: the process of producing graphic matter (as through a computer system). See typesetting defined for English-language learners. ADVERTISEMENT.
A drawing of a luxury hourglass corset from 1878, featuring a busk fastening at the front and lacing at the back. A corset is a garment worn to hold and train the torso into a desired shape for aesthetic or medical purposes (either for the duration of wearing it or with a more lasting effect). Both men and women are known to wear corsets, though this item was for many years an integral part of women's wardrobes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English. n. A defense for the front of the thigh, consisting of one or more iron plates hanging from the belt on the lower edge of the corselet. from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia. n. In armor: A splint of steel of which several form the skirt, depending from the cuirass in the complete armor of the fifteenth century, before the introduction of the base.