Corselet

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Body armor, especially a breastplate.
  • n. An undergarment that is a combination of a light corset and a brassiere.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Armor for the body, as, the body breastplate and backpiece taken together.
  • n. Also used for the entire suit of the day, including breastplate and backpiece, tasset and headpiece.
  • n. A tight-fitting item of clothing which covers the body and not the limbs.
  • n. A type of women's underwear, combining a bra and a girdle in one garment; a corselette
  • n. The thorax of an insect.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • n. The thorax of an insect.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Armor for the body, in use after the perfecting of plate-armor; specifically, in the sixteenth century, the breast- and back-pieces taken together.
  • n. The breastplate taken by itself.
  • n. The complete armor of a pikeman, musketeer, etc., consisting of breast and back, gauntlets and tassets, with a morion or open headpiece.
  • n. In zoology: In entomology, the thorax of an insect; that part to which the wings and legs are attached.
  • n. 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.
  • n. 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.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a piece of body armor for the trunk; usually consists of a breastplate and back piece
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    body armor    coat of mail    body armour    cataphract    suit of armour    suit of armor   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    cuirass    buckler    corslet    breastplate    habergeon    headpiece    gorget    casque    arquebuse    hauberk   
     
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