pièce d'estomac

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pjɛs d‿ɛs.tɔ.ma/

Noun

pièce d’estomac f (plural pièces d’estomac)

  1. (chiefly historical) stomacher
    • 1862, Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, I.2.ii:
      Madame Magloire avait [...] un tablier de toile de coton à carreaux rouges et verts, noué à la ceinture d’un ruban vert, avec pièce d’estomac pareille rattachée par deux épingles aux deux coins d’en haut, aux pieds de gros souliers et des bas jaunes comme les femmes de Marseille.
      Madame Magloire had on a cotton apron with red and green checks, knotted at the belt with a green ribbon, with a stomacher likewise attached by two hairpins at the two top corners; on her feet, large slippers and yellow stockings like the women of Marseille.