corselet
Americannoun
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Also corselette a woman's lightweight foundation garment combining a brassiere and girdle in one piece.
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Armor. Also corslet
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a suit of light half armor or three-quarter armor of the 16th century or later.
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noun
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Also spelt: corslet. a piece of armour for the top part of the body
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a one-piece foundation garment, usually combining a brassiere and a corset
Etymology
Origin of corselet
1490–1500; < Middle French, equivalent to cors “bodice, body” + -elet -let
Example Sentences
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Famed Choreographer Agnes de Mille, who danced the part first in 1938, turned up as Venus in droopy net stockings, ruffled corselet and a blonde wig suggesting Gorgeous George playing Lady Godiva.
From Time Magazine Archive
His corselet had been broken, disclosing the end of a thin roll of papyrus.
From The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great by Fuller, Robert H.
Herodotus describes 201 the corselet given by Amasis king of Egypt to the Minerva of Lindus and how it was inwoven or embroidered with gold.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
I 'Tis time to leave the books in dust, And oil the unused armour's rust, Removing from the wall The corselet of the hall.
From Henrietta Maria by Haynes, Henrietta
A linen corselet came into use instead of the heavy metal cuirass.
From Great Inventions and Discoveries by Piercy, Willis Duff
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