bustier

Borrowed from French bustier, from buste + -ier.

• enPR: bo͞osʹtē-ā, IPA^(key): /ˈbuːstieɪ/

bustier (plural bustiers)

1. A tight-fitting women's top, often strapless, with covers the bust and sometimes extends over the belly, worn either as an undergarment or as outerwear.
   • 2009 February 18, Cathy Horyn, “In the Moment, or Not”, in New York Times‎:

     The clothes were equally frothy: teacup silk skirts, a bubbly wool coat in Bazooka pink, satin bustiers with huge fan pleats across the front, metallic peplum jackets and flamboyantly patterned tights.

   • 2010, Jane Porter, The Sheikh's Wife →ISBN:

     Next came the narrow silk straps of her bustier. She pushed the satin fabric down, toward her waist, exposing her breasts.

• bustiere

See busty.

• enPR: bŭsʹtē-ər, IPA^(key): /ˈbʌsti.ə(ɹ)/

bustier

1. comparative form of busty: more busty

• biurets, buriest, subtrie

buste +‎ -ier

• IPA^(key): /bys.tje/

bustier m (plural bustiers)

1. bustier (clothing)

• “bustier” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• bitures, bruites, bursite