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

I 'Tis time to leave the books in dust, And oil the unused armour's rust, Removing from the wall The corselet of the hall.

From Henrietta Maria by Haynes, Henrietta

Putting on a slightly padded skin jacket that the friction with her armor had already begun to blacken, she cased her breast in her iron corselet, that Madeleine strapped on as well as she could.

From The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc by Sue, Eug?ne

Zouave jackets were occasionally worn in the forties and later in the early sixties, when the wide corselet belt was again favoured.

From Dress design An Account of Costume for Artists & Dressmakers by Hughes, Talbot

Her whole mind was in a turmoil of thought, and every time the infamous letter crackled beneath her corselet, she shuddered as with fear.

From Petticoat Rule by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness