corselet
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noun
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.
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.
The thorax of an insect.
With the added suggestion of her goggles it reminded her pupil of the polished shell or corslet of a horrid beetle.
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noun — a piece of body armor for the trunk
- corslet
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2Strictly 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.
WiktionaryWith the added suggestion of her goggles it reminded her pupil of the polished shell or corslet of a horrid beetle.
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