And certain kinds of corset stays.

Hard and firm, it was once used for many products now made of plastic - corset stays and skirt hoops, woven chair seats and sieves and brushes.

Among the bones, rings, and corset stay were other pieces of evidence that made the case a win for Dorsey.

Greenberg & Hammer (24 West 57th) is the rare New York dressmakers' supplies store, where bobbins and corset stays are still sold.

Conrad Poppenhusen arrived in the United States from Germany in 1843, at first processing whalebone into combs, corset stays and other products.

When she said no, the women cut out her corset stays and pushed her into a hayloft.

Kit, thoroughly familiar with the bio-mechanical effect of a woman's corset stays, flushed.

The only visitors there, we lingered in the permanent maritime exhibit, examining the variety of scrimshaw: delicately carved corset stays, darning needles, walking sticks and decorative boxes.

The baleen, or whalebone, was strong and flexible and used to make such things as whips and corset stays.

Conrad Poppenhusen, who immigrated from Germany in 1843, started out processing whalebone into combs, corset stays and other products.