corselet

[ kawr-suh-let for 1; kawrs-lit for 2 ]
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noun
  1. Also cor·se·lette . a woman's lightweight foundation garment combining a brassiere and girdle in one piece.

  2. Also cors·let .Armor.

    • a suit of light half armor or three-quarter armor of the 16th century or later.

Origin of corselet

1
1490–1500; <Middle French, equivalent to cors “bodice, body” + -elet -let

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How to use corselet in a sentence

  • As regards armour, controversy is waged over the shield, corslet, and bronze greaves.

    Homer and His Age | Andrew Lang
  • The bronze corslet, he says, would not be "many glittering," but would reflect "a single star of light."

    Homer and His Age | Andrew Lang
  • The use of the aspis in Homer, therefore, throws no suspicion on the concomitant use of the corslet.

    Homer and His Age | Andrew Lang
  • Even if the Mycenaeans did not evolve the corslet, there is no reason why, in the Homeric times, it should not have been evolved.

    Homer and His Age | Andrew Lang
  • Mr. Leaf suggests that the white colour represents "a corslet not of metal but of linen," and cites Iliad, II.

    Homer and His Age | Andrew Lang

British Dictionary definitions for corselet

corselet

/ (ˈkɔːslɪt) /


noun
  1. a piece of armour for the top part of the body: Also spelt: corslet

  2. a one-piece foundation garment, usually combining a brassiere and a corset

Origin of corselet

1
C15: from Old French, from cors bodice of a garment, from Latin corpus body

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