Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Body armor, especially a breastplate.
- noun An undergarment that is a combination of a light corset and a brassiere.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Armor for the body, in use after the perfecting of plate-armor; specifically, in the sixteenth century, the breast- and back-pieces taken together.
- noun The breastplate taken by itself.
- noun The complete armor of a pikeman, musketeer, etc., consisting of breast and back, gauntlets and tassets, with a morion or open headpiece.
- noun In zoology: In entomology, the thorax of an insect; that part to which the wings and legs are attached.
- noun In ichthyology, a zone or area of scales, larger than the rest, developed behind the head and about the pectoral fins of certain scombroid fishes, as in the tunnies, albicores, bonitos, and frigate-mackerels.
- noun In conchology, a ridge in the hinge of bivalves with an external ligament, with which the ligament is connected.
- To encircle with or as with a corselet.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Armor for the body, as, the body breastplate and backpiece taken together; -- also, used for the entire suit of the day, including breastplate and backpiece, tasset and headpiece.
- noun (Zoöl.) The thorax of an insect.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Armor for the body, as, the bodybreastplate andbackpiece taken together. - noun Also used for the
entire suit of the day, including breastplate and backpiece,tasset andheadpiece . - noun A tight-fitting item of clothing which covers the body and not the limbs.
- noun A type of women's
underwear , combining abra and agirdle in one garment; acorselette - noun zoology The
thorax of aninsect .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a piece of body armor for the trunk; usually consists of a breastplate and back piece
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And we burned his body on a great pyre, with Elgiva, in her golden corselet, beside him singing.
Chapter 17 2010
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She picked up his corselet and buckled it on him, making him hold up his arms and kneel while she slipped it over his head.
In The Time Of Light dj barber 2010
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The strapless corselet sheath gown with my signature décolletéstyling, made of my own Mountain Laurel white silk overlaid with handmade Breton lace that's almost as fine as what Great Aunt Edna used to make?
Miss Edna's Lace Gerri Giovanelli Bauer 2010
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He got his harness off -- unbuckled and took off the great bronze corselet, in which be lay dead in another cave.
In The Time Of Light dj barber 2010
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He showed me primary-source drawings of the snake headdress, sandals, wing corselet, and transparent garment worn by Kushite royalty.
Kushite King James Gurney 2009
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He showed me primary-source drawings of the snake headdress, sandals, wing corselet, and transparent garment worn by Kushite royalty.
Archive 2009-02-01 James Gurney 2009
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The big wrinkle on the hip is done by the piece that holds the socks up, not the corselet.
E!: Baroquey Dokey Cosmo7 2009
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But first undo me these clasps — for I have not worn this corselet since the battle of Saint
Quentin Durward 2008
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Ay, and then, Peter, this very night my courage seduced me, moreover, into too strait a corselet, which would have been the death of me, but for the aid of this gallant young gentleman, whose trade is fighting, whereof I wish him heartily joy.
Quentin Durward 2008
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I will put on my head piece and corselet one day, and you shall hew at me, allowing me my broadsword to parry and pay back?
hernesheir commented on the word corselet
Railway telegraphers' shorthand for "You have our consent". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013