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
Ivan drew from his necktie his breast-pin, and with it closed the countess's corselet.
From Black Diamonds by Mór Jókai
Still at the age of vigorous manhood, he wore an iron corselet and arm-pieces, while a heavy sword hung from his side.
From The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by Eug?ne Sue
"Why did he wear his corselet?" she wailed, as if she had not heard him.
From Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Stanley J. Weyman
