Symmetricals
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Symmetricals is a noun meaning (historical) Padding worn by actors and other performers to expand their body shape.
Meaning
(historical) Padding worn by actors and other performers to expand their body shape.
Example Sentences
The symmetricals he refers to were a false rubber “skin” that gave men a female torso or shape.
[…] what were known as "symmetricals," lumps of batting strategically placed, distorting the girls' natural curves to the masculine truck-horse taste of the times.
After some soulful discussions with Annabelle, Charlotte found what seemed an ideal solution: the stage padding then known as symmetricals, used not just by women but by men to fill out thin legs and upper body mass.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include isosceles, symmetric, trigonal, rhombohedral, biradial, bilateral.
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