Empire-waist

Full definition of empire-waist

Adjective

1. (fashion) Having an empire waist.
• 2008, Jan. 8th, Sun sets on the empire line, All those empire-waist gowns and tops that looked so stylish not so long ago suddenly have turned into the fashion equivalent of pumpkins, morphing from au courant to out-of-date as quickly as the New Year's clocks chimed 12.