Decolletage

[dey-kol-tahzh, -kol-uh-, dek-uh-luh-; Fr. dey-kawl-tazh] Origin

dé·colle·tage

[dey-kol-tahzh, -kol-uh-, dek-uh-luh-; Fr. dey-kawl-tazh]
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.
Also, de·colle·tage.


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

décolletage, décolleté, dishabille.
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Word Origin & History

decolletage
1894, from décolleté "low-necked" (1831), from Fr. décolleter "to bare the neck and shoulders," from des- "from" + collet, dim. of col (L. collum) "neck" (see collar).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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