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Meanings of corselet in English

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A piece of body armor for the trunk; usually consists of a breastplate and back piece.

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Foundation garment combining a brassiere and a corset.

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Examples for "corslet"
Examples for "corslet"
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The clinquant corslet of the Swiss girl just survives at bals costumés.
The Works of Max Beerbohm
2
As regards armour, controversy is waged over the shield, corslet, and bronze greaves.
Homer and His Age
3
His weapons, lance, scimitar, and corslet of steel are dwelt upon with enthusiasm.
Moorish Literature / Comprising Romantic Ballads, Tales of the B...
4
The helm was removed, the surcoat was stripped, and the steel corslet beneath it.
The Path of the King
5
The silver corslet shimmered before his eyes like the light upon a rippling sea.
The lord of the rings
Usage of corselet in English
1
There remains only the joint between the corselet and the abdomen.
More Hunting Wasps
2
Him whom he strikes with lance or sword, neither corselet nor shield protects.
Cliges: A Romance
3
A gold-chased corselet, perhaps, to replace that battered old turtle shell of yours?
Hidden Warrior
4
Pronounce: therefore; franchise; wily; Sachem, pumpkin; matrons; corselet; Massasoit; granaried.
The Elson Readers, Book 5
5
It lay directly in her path-thetarge, the corselet, the helm, the pierced breastplate.
The Prose Marmion: A Tale of the Scottish Border
6
The corselet is strongly keeled and indented, and is sprinkled with fine white spots.
Social Life in the Insect World
7
She wore a linen corselet and a helmet, but other than that was unprotected.
Helen of troy
8
I embraced him, holding him close even with his sweat-soaked corselet next to me.
Helen of troy
9
No waving plume, no crest they wore, but corselet, gorget, and brigantine, brightly burnished.
The Prose Marmion: A Tale of the Scottish Border
10
Suppose the Bee stung behind the corselet and paralysed.
More Hunting Wasps
11
Then the head shivered on a steel corselet, and Sim played quarterstaff with the shaft.
The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies
12
Sergius' head-piece was gone, but he glanced at his own corselet and then at Decius.
The Lion's Brood
13
Beware, my son, your corselet is no protection against the shafts of a woman's eyes.
Beatrix of Clare
14
Cross against corselet, Love against hatred, Peace-cry for war-cry!
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
15
I felt a corselet beneath the shirt and a bearded face, icy as death itself.
The sun over breda
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Jason saw King Æetes in his chariot, a blazing torch lighting his corselet and his helmet.
The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles
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