Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A low neckline on a woman's garment, especially a dress.
- noun A dress with a low neckline in front.
- noun The area of a woman's body that is exposed when a garment with a low neckline is worn.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In dressmaking: The state of being cut low in the neck: said of the bodice or waist of a dress.
- noun The low-cut neck itself of a bodice.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Costume) The upper border or part of a low-cut (i.e., décolleté) dress.
- noun the exposed upper parts of the breasts of a woman wearing a low-cut dress.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A low
neckline on a woman's dress, especially one that reveals or emphasizes hercleavage .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a low-cut neckline on a woman's dress
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French, from décolleté, having a low neckline; see décolleté.]
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From French décolletage.
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bilby commented on the word décolletage
"As Mrs. Archer remarked, the Roman punch made all the difference; not in itself but by its manifold implications—since it signified either canvas-backs or terrapin, two soups, a hot and a cold sweet, full décolletage with short sleeves, and guests of a proportionate importance."
- Edith Wharton, 'The Age of Innocence'.
September 20, 2009
sionnach commented on the word décolletage
This word has always seemed to me to be inexorably linked to embonpoint.
September 20, 2009