corselet
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Famed Choreographer Agnes de Mille, who danced the part first in 1938, turned up as Venus in droopy net stockings, ruffled corselet and a blonde wig suggesting Gorgeous George playing Lady Godiva.
From Time Magazine Archive
This linen corselet was found also among the Egyptians, the Greeks, and the Romans.
From Great Inventions and Discoveries by Willis Duff Piercy
Jason saw King Æetes in his chariot, a blazing torch lighting his corselet and his helmet.
From The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Padraic Colum
In a corner of the room lay his helmet and sword, and he himself was in half-mail, wearing a Milanese corselet, on which was emblazoned the red dragon of his house.
From The Honour of Savelli A Romance by S. (Sidney) Levett-Yeats
Ivan drew from his necktie his breast-pin, and with it closed the countess's corselet.
From Black Diamonds by Mór Jókai
