corselet

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So Patroclus put on the armor--corselet, and shield, and helmet--and bound upon his shoulder the silver-studded sword, and took a mighty spear in his hand.

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  1. noun Body armor, especially a breastplate.
  2. noun An undergarment that is a combination of a light corset and a brassiere.

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  • At the same time his eyes fell upon the hole in the mail corselet which had served the Squire as a vizor, and he burst into deep-chested mirth. —  Sir Nigel
  • The faint light gleamed on his steel helmet and corselet, and he carried a short spear in one hand. —  Jacqueline Carey - Kushiel 02 - Kushiel's Chosen
  • “Lady.” Uru-Azag addressed me, clad in an ill-fitting corselet, his dagger in his hand. —  Kushiel’s Avatar
  • Bradamante felt in her heart who the knight was with the plume of blue and shining golden corselet, and hate burned in her soul as fiercely as in the breast of the other Thrice the magic lance stretched Marfisa on the ground, and thrice she rose and sought to avenge herself by a sword-thrust. —  The Red Romance Book
  • He was attired in helmet and corselet, apparently of gold, like those worn by the sentinel, but with the addition of a splendid plume of long black feathers surmounting his helmet. —  In Search of El Dorado
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  1. French, diminutive of Old French cors, body; see corset.
 

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/ˈkɔrslɛt/
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