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Decolletage

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dé⋅colle⋅tage

  [dey-kol-tahzh, -kol-uh-, dek-uh-luh-; Fr. dey-kawl-tazh]
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–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; < F, equiv. to décollet(er) (see décolleté) + -age -age
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dé·colle·tage   (dā'kôl-täzh')   
n.  

  1. A low neckline on a woman's garment, especially a dress.

  2. A dress with a low neckline in front.


[French, from décolleté, having a low neckline; see décolleté.]
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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, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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