| Because the lacings had been moved to either the back or front, a stomacher was worn to hide them. |
| Note: The use of stomacher bags with a mesh inner bag is needed with some samples such as spices. |
| In time the stomacher grew more rigid, being stiffened with pasteboard or buckram. |
| With an air somewhat dubious and disturbed she hastily thrust the token behind her stomacher and departed. |
| She was dressed in a style I had only seen in old portraits, a stiff black dress with flaring skirts and a lace-ornamented stomacher. |
| At the base of the triangle made by her stomacher, and foregrounded by a white ribbon tied in a bow, hangs an emblem of the Queen's chastity. |
