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
The border knights apparently put on steel cap and corselet when they went wooing.
From By Right of Purchase by Harold Bindloss
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
A corselet of reserve drew about him; the old subtle reservation again veiled his eyes.
From Caybigan by James Hopper
The manner of tucking the tunic under the corselet when it was worn over it, and so creating festoons, is worthy of notice as interesting in arrangement and design.
From Dress design An Account of Costume for Artists & Dressmakers by Talbot Hughes
