noun. Body armor, especially a breastplate.

noun. An undergarment that is a combination of a light corset and a brassiere.

To encircle with or as with a corselet.

noun. Armor for the body, in use after the perfecting of plate-armor; specifically, in the sixteenth century, the breast- and back-pieces taken together.

noun. The breastplate taken by itself.

noun. The complete armor of a pikeman, musketeer, etc., consisting of breast and back, gauntlets and tassets, with a morion or open headpiece.

noun. In zoology: In entomology, the thorax of an insect; that part to which the wings and legs are attached.

noun. In ichthyology, a zone or area of scales, larger than the rest, developed behind the head and about the pectoral fins of certain scombroid fishes, as in the tunnies, albicores, bonitos, and frigate-mackerels.

noun. In conchology, a ridge in the hinge of bivalves with an external ligament, with which the ligament is connected.

noun. Armor for the body, as, the body breastplate and backpiece taken together; -- also, used for the entire suit of the day, including breastplate and backpiece, tasset and headpiece.

noun. The thorax of an insect.

noun. Armor for the body, as, the body breastplate and backpiece taken together.

noun. Also used for the entire suit of the day, including breastplate and backpiece, tasset and headpiece.

noun. A tight-fitting item of clothing which covers the body and not the limbs.

noun. A type of women's underwear, combining a bra and a girdle in one garment; a corselette

noun. The thorax of an insect.

noun. a piece of body armor for the trunk; usually consists of a breastplate and back piece

"And we burned his body on a great pyre, with Elgiva, in her golden corselet, beside him singing."

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