Assertion: corset | /r/HasProperty | stiffened with whalebone
Facets:
value: to accomplish this
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: This corset was also stiffened with whalebone.
text: By the 1860s, a tiny ("wasp") waist came to be seen as a symbol of beauty, and the corsets were stiffened with whalebone or steel to accomplish this.