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
Zouave jackets were occasionally worn in the forties and later in the early sixties, when the wide corselet belt was again favoured.
From Dress design An Account of Costume for Artists & Dressmakers by Talbot Hughes
The women wear a white chemise; over that a very small corselet, and over that a red jacket with blue and black velvet facings.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
A linen corselet came into use instead of the heavy metal cuirass.
From Great Inventions and Discoveries by Willis Duff Piercy
His corselet, steel cap, and gauntlets lay beside him, and seemed to show that he had just come in from the field.
From My Lady Rotha A Romance by Stanley J. Weyman
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