Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A low neckline on a woman's garment, especially a dress.
- n. A dress with a low neckline in front.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In dressmaking: The state of being cut low in the neck: said of the bodice or waist of a dress.
- n. The low-cut neck itself of a bodice.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Costume) The upper border or part of a low-cut (i.e., décolleté) dress.
- n. the exposed upper parts of the breasts of a woman wearing a low-cut dress.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a low-cut neckline on a woman's dress
Etymologies
- From French décolletage. (Wiktionary)
- French, from décolleté, having a low neckline; see décolleté. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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sionnach This word has always seemed to me to be inexorably linked to embonpoint. Sep 20, 2009
bilby "As Mrs. Archer remarked, the Roman punch made all the difference; not in itself but by its manifold implications—since it signified either canvas-backs or terrapin, two soups, a hot and a cold sweet, full décolletage with short sleeves, and guests of a proportionate importance."
- Edith Wharton, 'The Age of Innocence'. Sep 20, 2009