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plural corselets
Armor for the body, for example a breastplate and backpiece taken together. examples
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. quotations examples
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.
1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 21
A tight-fitting item of clothing which covers the body and not the limbs. examples
A type of women's underwear, combining a bra and a girdle in one garment; a corselette. examples
(zoology) The thorax of an insect. quotations
With the added suggestion of her goggles it reminded her pupil of the polished shell or corslet of a horrid beetle.
1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew