décolletage

American  

[dey-kol-tahzh, -kol-uh-, dek-uh-luh-, dey-kawl-tazh] / ˌdeɪ kɒlˈtɑʒ, -kɒl ə-, ˌdɛk ə lə-, deɪ kɔlˈtaʒ /

Or decolletage

noun

1. the neckline of a dress cut low in the front or back and often across the shoulders.

2. a décolleté garment or costume.

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décolletage British  

/ ˌdeɪkɒlˈtɑːʒ, dekɔltaʒ /

noun

1. a low-cut neckline or a woman's garment with a low neck

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Etymology

Origin of décolletage

1890–95; < French, equivalent to décollet ( er ) ( décolleté + -age -age

Example Sentences

Co-chair and red carpet queen Zendaya has made her much anticipated return to the Met Gala in a blue and green ensemble with hummingbirds gracing her decolletage and a gravity-defying fascinator to boot.

From BBC

“Someone hide me,” says Melanie Lynskey, clinging to a friend’s arm, perhaps feeling a bit too exposed after a confident show of decolletage for the photographers.

From Washington Post

In a gallery that suggests a pre-revolutionary French sitting room, we are greeted by a portrait of Marie Rinteau, the great-grandmother of George Sand, seated at her dressing table, as painted by François Hubert Drouais in 1761; her forearms emerge from beribboned froths of lace and a separate lace collar slightly obscures her décolletage.

From New York Times

A historically correct Gaston would have delighted in an opulently embroidered waistcoat and ruffled jabot, rather than a solid colored V-neck whose only adornment was its plunging décolletage.

From New York Times

The town of Cluses, where it begins, is known for its watchmaking, and home to the musée de l’horlogerie et du décolletage.

From The Guardian