A strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset to stiffen it.
A corset.
To solicit money by entertaining the public in the street or in public transport.
To tack, cruise about.
A brace, perpendicular to the keel, that helps maintain the beam (“breadth”) of a marine vessel against external water pressure and that may serve to support the rail.
A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit.
An act of thwarting; something which thwarts; a hindrance, an obstacle.
Placed or situated across something else; cross, oblique, transverse.
To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent.