corselet
Also cor·se·lette . a woman's lightweight foundation garment combining a brassiere and girdle in one piece.
Also cors·let .Armor.
a suit of light half armor or three-quarter armor of the 16th century or later.
Origin of corselet
1Words Nearby corselet
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How to use corselet in a sentence
Equipped almost wholly as a soldier, he wore a jacket of iron mail and a corselet of steel.
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman | Eugne SueSergius' head-piece was gone, but he glanced at his own corselet and then at Decius.
The Lion's Brood | Duffield OsborneGarrard, in his Art of Warre , distinctly says, The fore part of a corselet and a head peece and tasses is the almayne rivet.
Armour & Weapons | Charles John FfoulkesShould any one entertain so petty a thought, I advise him to open the articulation of the corselet, behind the first pair of legs.
More Hunting Wasps | J. Henri FabreA black corselet with shoulder pieces, and a feathered steel cap raised Basterga's huge stature almost to the gigantic.
The Long Night | Stanley Weyman
British Dictionary definitions for corselet
/ (ˈkɔːslɪt) /
a piece of armour for the top part of the body: Also spelt: corslet
a one-piece foundation garment, usually combining a brassiere and a corset
Origin of corselet
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