corselet

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They furnished men with arms for the defence of the city, and kept in their hall corselets, calyvers, bill pikes, and other weapons, and paid an armourer to keep them in good order.

From Memorials of Old London Volume I by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)

Horrent with quivering spears the fatal field Frown'd on all sides; the brazen flashes dread Of numerous helmets, corselets furbish'd bright,415 And shields refulgent meeting, dull'd the eye, And turn'd it dark away.

From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William

Here among the home treasures—his own portrait, war dresses, corselets, fans, and mats presented to him by island kings—the marble bust of grandfather Stevenson smiled down with approval on many a motley gathering.

From The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson for Boys and Girls by Stevenson, Robert Louis

We can not conquer these shining warriors, clad in their polished corselets.

From The Charm of Ireland by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

Cork trees, sombre as giant olives clad in mourning, strong in their corselets and shields of half-stripped bark as knights in armour, covered the hills like a vast army.

From The Car of Destiny by Both, Armand