breast ironing

English

Alternative forms

• breast-ironing

Noun

breast ironing (uncountable)

1. The pounding and massaging of a pubescent girl's breasts, using hard or heated objects, to try to make them stop developing or disappear, typically aiming to prevent the girl from attracting sexual interest, and mostly carried out in Cameroon.

   Synonym: breast flattening

Translations

pounding and massaging of a pubescent girl's breasts to make them stop developing

• Dutch: borststrijken n
• French: repassage des seins m
• German: Brustbügeln n
• Italian: stiramento del seno m
• Spanish: planchado de senos m