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
A linen corselet came into use instead of the heavy metal cuirass.
From Great Inventions and Discoveries by Willis Duff Piercy
He wore long riding-boots of Spanish leather, a light corselet of tough steel, inlaid with arabesques of gold, and a big quilted Spanish hat.
From House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court by Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
Rubies, sapphires, emeralds, diamonds, and pearls, chains of gold and corselet bestudded with stones fit setting for an empress of the Orient, encased the unconscious form of the young rascal.
From Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty by Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield
Still at the age of vigorous manhood, he wore an iron corselet and arm-pieces, while a heavy sword hung from his side.
From The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by Eug?ne Sue
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