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View synonyms for corselet
corselet
[ kawr-suh-let kawrs-lit ]
noun
- 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.
corselet
/ ˈkɔːslɪt /
noun
- a piece of armour for the top part of the body Also speltcorslet
- a one-piece foundation garment, usually combining a brassiere and a corset
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of corselet1
C15: from Old French, from cors bodice of a garment, from Latin corpus body
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Example Sentences
Equipped almost wholly as a soldier, he wore a jacket of iron mail and a corselet of steel.
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Sergius' head-piece was gone, but he glanced at his own corselet and then at Decius.
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Garrard, in his Art of Warre , distinctly says, The fore part of a corselet and a head peece and tasses is the almayne rivet.
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Should any one entertain so petty a thought, I advise him to open the articulation of the corselet, behind the first pair of legs.
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A black corselet with shoulder pieces, and a feathered steel cap raised Basterga's huge stature almost to the gigantic.
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