Corselet

Quick meaning: Corselet is a noun meaning Armor for the body, for example a breastplate and backpiece taken together.

Meaning

Armor for the body, for example a breastplate and backpiece taken together.

More Meanings

1. A tight-fitting item of clothing which covers the body and not the limbs.
2. A type of women's underwear, combining a bra and a girdle in one garment; a corselette.
3. (zoology) The thorax of an insect.
4. 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.

Example Sentences

With the added suggestion of her goggles it reminded her pupil of the polished shell or corslet of a horrid beetle.

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.

Word Forms

• corselets
• corcelet
• corselette
• corslet

Synonyms for corselet

Depending on context, synonyms include corslet.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include corslet, corselette, corcelet, corsolette, backpiece, cuirass.

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