corselet
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From French corselet, from cors, an archaic spelling of corps (“body”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
corselet (plural corselets)
- Armor for the body, for example a breastplate and backpiece taken together.
- An entire suit of armor, made up chiefly of the breastplate and backpiece worn with a headpiece and with a gorget, pauldrons, vambraces, gauntlets, and tassets attached.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 21:
- Strictly speaking, the word corcelet meant only that part which covered the body, but was generally used to express the whole suit, under the terms of a corselet furnished, or complete.
- A tight-fitting item of clothing which covers the body and not the limbs.
- A type of women's underwear, combining a bra and a girdle in one garment; a corselette.
- (zoology) The thorax of an insect.
- 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:
- With the added suggestion of her goggles it reminded her pupil of the polished shell or corslet of a horrid beetle.
Translations edit
entire suit of armor
tight-fitting item of clothing
underwear
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thorax — see thorax
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Diminutive form of Old French cors.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
corselet m (plural corselets)
Further reading edit
- “corselet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.