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2. Girdle (undergarment) - Wikipedia

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   A girdle is a form-fitting foundation garment that encircles the lower torso, extending below the hips, and worn often to shape or for support. It may be worn for aesthetic or medical reasons. In sports or medical treatment, a girdle may be worn as a compression garment. This form of women's foundation replaced the corset in popularity, and was ...

3. Compression garment - Wikipedia

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   Compression garment. Elastic material used in the fabrics of a summer cycling attire comprising a jersey, bib shorts and gloves. Compression garments are pieces of clothing that fit tightly around the skin. In medical contexts, compression garments provide support for people who have to stand for long periods or have poor circulation.

4. Compression stockings - Wikipedia

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   Compression stockings are elastic compression garments worn around the leg, compressing the limb. This reduces the diameter of distended veins and increases venous blood flow velocity and valve effectiveness. Compression therapy helps decrease venous pressure, prevents venous stasis and impairments of venous walls, and relieves heavy and aching ...

5. Garter - Wikipedia

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   A garter is an article of clothing comprising a narrow band of fabric fastened about the leg to keep up stockings. In the eighteenth to twentieth centuries, they were tied just below the knee, where the leg is most slender, to keep the stocking from slipping. The advent of elastic has made them less necessary from this functional standpoint ...

6. Jockstrap - Wikipedia

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   A jockstrap (males) consists of a waistband (usually elastic) with a support pouch for the genitalia and two elastic straps affixed to the base of the pouch and to the left and right sides of the waistband at the hip. The pouch, in some varieties, may be fitted with a pocket to hold an abdominal guard (impact resistant cup, box) to protect the ...

7. Waistband - Wikipedia

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   Waistband. A waistband is a strip of material that is either elastic or some other confining fabric that encircles the waist, [ 1] usually as a component of clothing such as skirts, trousers, shorts, swimsuits, and undergarments . A waistband can be a complete undergarment, worn to limit expansion of the abdomen, to meet various objectives ...