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
"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
His ample chest was covered with a corselet of light scale-armour, which yielded to every motion of his frame, and was partially concealed by a broad sash, and a capacious velvet mantle.
From Tales from Blackwood, Volume 1 by Various
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
A corselet of reserve drew about him; the old subtle reservation again veiled his eyes.
From Caybigan by James Hopper
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